[App_rpt-users] WinSCP root login

[Steve Zingman]

Len,
When you say you can login locally do you mean via ssh or on the 
keyboard and screen?
Please show us your complete PermitRootLogin line from sshd_config.

Steve N4IRS

On 04/21/2018 11:36 AM, lengriff at optimum.net wrote:
> I have added a password for root login,  and in sshd_config changed to
> PermitRootLogin yes.
> I can login as root locally with the correct password, but WinSCP says '
> access denied '.
> The auth.log shows:
> sshd[1643]: Pam_Unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0
> euid=0 TTY=ssh ruser= rhost=192.168.39.121 user=root
>
> Len
> WB2HKK
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