Re: [gentoo-user] Problems setting up sshd on an installation kernel

[Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>]

Hi, Mick,

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 04:28:10PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 06 December 2009 14:48:36 Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> > Is there anything I can do to get sshd working from this kernel (and
> > if so, what?), or is there something fundamentally wrong with the
> > kernel configuration?

> Not sure if this is a kernel problem.  Have you tried to set up a user
> account and passwd then login as a plain user over ssh and then su to
> root?

No.  Could that make a difference?  It is prompting me for my key's
passphrase and accepts it; it is failing to create a pseudo terminal.

> Alternatively, check /etc/ssh/sshd_config to see if root logins are
> disabled as a default.

They are explicitly permitted.  I set up sshd_config myself.

> While you're there you may also/first want to disable pam for ssh just in case 
> it interferes with the root login.

Er, pam?  That's when my ssh client prompts me for my pass phrase, isn't
it?

> Regards,
> Mick

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