Hi ,

Iam noob to linux so please bear with me I was trying to get Horde working thorugh plesk and when i rebooted from there i tried logging back in via ssh2 using my root credentials, but everytime i try to log in via root it gives me the following error :

Authentication log (see session log for details):
Using username "root".
Access denied
No supported authentication methods left to try!

Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 0.

I got my root pass reset by the copmany where my rootserver is located and i still cant login via root.The funny thing is i can login via "user" but i cant make any changes and i can login to my plesk with no problems aswell.Its completly baffled me and i would deepy appreciate youer assistance.

On the remote ssh server in /etc/sshd.conf it more than likely has root access disabled. You can login as a user then use the command ' su - ' to gain root access.

Brian1

What can i say , you da maaan!! thanks for that i was able to change On the same note what do i need to change in the sshd_config for to be able to login as root the following is what is current Thanks in advance :

Package generated configuration file
# See the sshd(8) manpage for details

# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
Port 22
# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
#ListenAddress ::
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
Protocol 2
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes

# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
ServerKeyBits 768

# Logging
SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel INFO

# Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 600
PermitRootLogin no
StrictModes yes

RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
#AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys

# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
IgnoreRhosts yes
# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
# similar for protocol version 2
HostbasedAuthentication no
# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes

# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
PermitEmptyPasswords no

# Change to no to disable s/key passwords
#ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

# Change to yes to enable tunnelled clear text passwords
PasswordAuthentication no


# To change Kerberos options
#KerberosAuthentication no
#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
#AFSTokenPassing no
#KerberosTicketCleanup no

# Kerberos TGT Passing does only work with the AFS kaserver
#KerberosTgtPassing yes

X11Forwarding no
X11DisplayOffset 10
PrintMotd no
PrintLastLog yes
KeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no

#MaxStartups 10:30:60
#Banner /etc/issue.net

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/sftp-server

UsePAM yes
IgnoreUserKnownHosts no

PermitRootLogin no to PermitRootLogin yes

man iam so stupid sometimes, many thanks to yOu bothe for teh fantastic help.

A general advice is to always disable root login via SSH. It could be a security risk...