sshd and pam

[Jörg Reisenweber]

Hi,

Am 27.07.2005 um 18:53 schrieb <cartman_step1 at spymac.com>  
<cartman_step1 at spymac.com>:

> yes i'm logging in as root , now i have understand , cause i can  
> log in as a
> normal user . But then it's possible to log in as root , so i can  
> administrate
> remotely the machine on the lan?
>

Yes, login as a normal user and su to root ('su -'). The normal user  
has to be in the wheel group ('pw usermod [name|uid] -G wheel'). You  
may also set "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. You might  
also want to read the sshd_config manpage.

Jörg