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For some reason I have lost the Ability to SSH into my new Machine I have tried root and mythtv but both come back as "Access denied" Where should I start looking to fix this problem?
I have created a band-aid for it I created a new account called mattbatt and I can log in over SSH that way but that is kind of a pain to log in then have to su to mythtv or root.
Any ideas linux gurus.
Also if I do get SSH working properly again how do I get rid of the mattbatt user or should I just leave it alone?

Author:	mattbatt [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:37 pm ]
Post subject:	[SOLVED] I can no has SSH anymore?
For some reason I have lost the Ability to SSH into my new Machine I have tried root and mythtv but both come back as "Access denied" Where should I start looking to fix this problem? I have created a band-aid for it I created a new account called mattbatt and I can log in over SSH that way but that is kind of a pain to log in then have to su to mythtv or root. Any ideas linux gurus. Also if I do get SSH working properly again how do I get rid of the mattbatt user or should I just leave it alone?

Author:	Too Many Secrets [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:05 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: I can no has SSH anymore?
mattbatt wrote: For some reason I have lost the Ability to SSH into my new Machine I have tried root and mythtv but both come back as "Access denied" Where should I start looking to fix this problem? I have created a band-aid for it I created a new account called mattbatt and I can log in over SSH that way but that is kind of a pain to log in then have to su to mythtv or root. Any ideas linux gurus. Also if I do get SSH working properly again how do I get rid of the mattbatt user or should I just leave it alone? I did about the same in a test box I've been using. Seems there was something cecil wrote about this... iirc

Author:	Martian [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:01 pm ]
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I believe both root and mythtv users are not allowed ssh access by default for security reasons. You actually did the "right" thing by creating a standard user to use for ssh access however if you really want to ssh as root or mythtv (despite the security risks) you should be able to re-enable them by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config you will need to make the following edits: For root access: Code: PermitRootLogin yes #DenyUsers root For mythtv access: Code: #DenyUsers mythtv You will then need to restart ssh. Hope this helps. Martian

Author:	mattbatt [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:41 pm ]
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I don't SSH from outside my local network and my router doesn't redirect to the mythtv server so I felt safe with those two being open. Thank you for the help.

Author:	Martian [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:31 am ]
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Glad you got it fixed up! I'd still advise against opening up the mythtv user as the password is well known and root will give you everything you need.

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Author:	mattbatt [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:17 pm ]
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My bad I should have specified I changed that password A LOOOONG time ago.

Author:	Martian [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:46 pm ]
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mattbatt wrote: My bad I should have specified I changed that password A LOOOONG time ago.

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