[Nix-dev] Can't SSH into a root account

Mateusz Kowalczyk fuuzetsu at fuuzetsu.co.uk
Fri Aug 22 13:49:24 CEST 2014


On 08/22/2014 12:28 PM, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> Dear Mateusz,
> 
> Isn't SSH default configured to only accept public-key login for root?
> 
> First thing I found on google about it: http://askubuntu.com/questions/449364/what-does-without-password-mean-in-sshd-config-file
> 
> The option `permitRootLogin` should fix it:
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix#L117
> 
> Or have you tried that already?
> 
> Best, Andreas
> 


Apparently that was it, guess I looked for the wrong thing when
searching for solution before.

Thanks Andreas and Lluís.


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Mateusz K.


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