[Nix-dev] Can't SSH into a root account

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

Sorry, not "true", but:  "yes". :)
Default:"without-password"   (only with set up ssh keys)

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:28:19PM +0200, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> Set:
>    services.openssh.permitRootLogin = true;
> 
> Regards,
> Lluís.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:22:13AM +0100, Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I while ago I put NixOS on another computer. I set it all up and it's
> > great except for one problem: I can't SSH into the root account on it.
> > See below for some attempts: I want to SSH from @lenalee to @yuuki. It
> > just keeps rejecting my password even know I know it's correct: I
> > demonstrate that by SSHing into a regular user on that box and then
> > using ‘su’. This also shows that it's not a problem with SSH access in
> > general, just to that user. The only thing I'm not showing here is
> > SSHing into root at yuuki from regular user @lenalee because I  set up
> > login with a public key for convenience. This also that I can actually
> > log into the user, just not with the password.
> > 
> > I hoped that this would go away after I stopped messing with the users
> > at install time but it has now been weeks and multiple reboots &c and
> > the problem persists.
> > 
> > Below is an annotated session dump. I especially point your attention to
> > the last part.
> > 
> > ##
> > -- Try logging into the root user, fail.
> > [root at lenalee:/home/shana]# ssh root at yuuki
> > Password:
> > Password:
> > ^C
> > 
> > [root at lenalee:/home/shana]# exit
> > 
> > -- Log into the regular user there.
> > [shana at lenalee:~]$ ssh shana at yuuki
> > Password:
> > Last login: Fri Aug 22 11:10:18 2014 from lenalee
> > 
> > -- …and switch to the root that way…
> > [shana at yuuki:~]$ su
> > Password:
> > 
> > -- …which works so the password is correct.
> > [root at yuuki:/home/shana]# exit
> > 
> > [shana at yuuki:~]$ logout
> > Connection to yuuki closed.
> > 
> > [shana at lenalee:~]$ su
> > Password:
> > 
> > -- Keep trying, keep failing. That second way of failure and prompting
> > -- makes me suspicious.
> > [root at lenalee:/home/shana]# ssh root at yuuki
> > Password:
> > Password:
> > Password:
> > root at yuuki's password:
> > Permission denied, please try again.
> > root at yuuki's password:
> > Permission denied, please try again.
> > root at yuuki's password:
> > 
> > [root at lenalee:/home/shana]# exit
> > ##
> > 
> > It'd be great if someone could offer some advice.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mateusz K.
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