Help!! Why root is denied ssh access?

[Oralinux]

I just setup a new install and can login perfectly fine as roon locally on the box, but when I try to connect remotely via ssh I keep getting the following.

login as: root
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Access denied
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:

So first off .. What is this "keyboard-interactive authentication." message? and does it have anything to do with this denial?

Also why would root not be able to login remotely using SSH?

[Oralinux]

I just setup a new install and can login perfectly fine as roon locally on the box, but when I try to connect remotely via ssh I keep getting the following.

login as: root
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Access denied
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:

So first off .. What is this "keyboard-interactive authentication." message? and does it have anything to do with this denial?

Also why would root not be able to login remotely using SSH?

[ashusethi]

Hi ..

You can try the below steps and let us know if it works

1. Edit the sshd_config file as root (normally /etc/ssh/sshd_config).
2. Uncomment the line #PermitRootLogin yes
3. Restart sshd ( service sshd restart )
4. Try to login now.

Cheers!
Ash

[crow2icedearth]

I just setup a new install and can login perfectly fine as roon locally on the box

that is a very scary thing to do. you should never login as root but either sudo to root or su to root..... usually ssh won't let you log in as root for secuirty reasons you can what ashusethi said but it would be better to create a user then sudo or su to root . good luck and welcome to the world of linux.

[je_fro]

Double posting is extremely annoying.:mad:
You've been warned twice now.