[AuckLUG] CentOS

[Michael J. Knox]

Justin Cook wrote:
> Howdy
>
> I'm helping a friend who has his heart set on CentOS get it set up. 
> Looks pretty neat so far, except it won't allow root logins from the 
> terminal and it's refusing SSH connections.
>
> The installer never gave an opportunity to set up user accounts and 
> the firewall was set to allow SSH.
>
> Any cluez0rs?
>

In /etc/ssh/sshd_config there is a commented out value:

#PermitRootLogin yes

Remove the comment and restart sshd "service sshd restart"

That should see you straight.

Michael