"PermitRootLogin no" fails

[Darren Tucker]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 08:56:36PM +1100, Danny Mitchell wrote:
> On 08/02/2008, Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> wrote:
[...]
> The configure line was
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-pam
> --with-ssl-dir=/usr/local/openssl-0.9.8g --with-md5-passwords
> (that's a cut-and-paste of the line; it's in the config log files.)
> 
> I explicitly edited the sshd_config files in /usr/local/etc/ssh. I
> have confirmed that the newly-built version is the one that's running
> (it supports ssh2, and my clients use aes; the one the vendor shipped
> only supports ssh1, and doesn't support aes), and "strings
> /usr/local/sbin/sshd | grep sshd_config" returns
> /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config.

The correct pathname is /usr/local/etc/sshd_config based on the configure
flags above.  If you want the files in /usr/local/etc/ssh you also need
"--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/ssh".

> Thanks for taking the time to reply.
> Dannt Mitchell

You're welcome.

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