RTFM, man sshd_config


On the boxen I admin, there is a line in the sshd config file
(/etc/ssh/sshd_config) along the lines of AllowRoot.  set it to yes or no.  I
recommend no, just because I don't believe that anything should allow root to
login remotely, just from the console.  Using 'su -' I get to become root and
have all of roots properties (including path).

> Do you have an "AllowUsers" line declared in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> file on the remote end?  If so, are your regular users defined there?  If
> it's not there at all, that shouldn't be a problem then.
> 
> Just my first thought anyhow.  If not that, try the -v option, as already
> mentioned.

> > I can ssh in to a server (using SSH1 - not my server, so I can't just
> > upgrade them to SSH2) as root, but not as any other user (I can su
> > another user once in, however).  There is no 'nologin' file in the /etc
> > directory.  If you try to ssh in as somebody other than 'root', then it
> > just says 'authentication failed'.  I've looked all over for any help on
> > this and I'm not having any luck.