to allow root to your xsession try typing the following command as you<br> xhost +<br><br>this will grant anyone from anywhere acess to your xsession<br><br>don't worry, as soon as you log out it will go back to whatever the default was.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Never you mind</b> <<a href="mailto:scrpt@catholic.org">scrpt@catholic.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On 12/05/2006, at 7:35 PM, Robin Atwood wrote:<br><br>> On Friday 12 May 2006 12:18, Never you mind wrote:<br>>><br>>> On 11/05/2006, at 11:22 PM, Robin Atwood wrote:<br>>><br>>>> On Thursday 11 May 2006 11:22, Never you mind wrote:
<br>>>>> On 11/05/2006, at 1:11 AM, Justin Denick wrote:<br>>>>>> Some boxes don't allow root to gain ssh access. Smart idea in my<br>>>>>> opinon.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Right. I can see what your saying. It's a bit annoying that KPackage
<br>>>>> throws an error instead of providing an informational response, eg,<br>>>>> "Access denied. Configure sshd on this machine to allow root access<br>>>>> via<br>>>>> SSH protocol".
<br>>>>><br>>>>>> Look at the sshd.conf file and comment out the line preventing root<br>>>>>> ssh access.<br>>>>><br>>>>> I can see /etc/ssh/sshd_config. I set PermitRootLogin to 'yes' and
<br>>>>> uncommented it.<br>>>><br>>>> Can you 'ssh root@localhost' from a console?<br>>><br>>> No, I can't<br>>><br>>>> If not, have you got 'sshd:<br>>>> LOCAL' in '/etc/hosts.allow'?
<br>>><br>>> The first line of /etc/hosts.allow says:<br>>><br>>> ALL : ALL : allow<br>>><br>>> that should cover it shouldn't it?<br>><br>> I would have thought so. Port 22 blocked by iptables? Try 'iptables -L
<br>> -v'.<br>> Also when you try to login, check /var/log/messages and<br>> /var/log/secure (or<br>> equivalent on your distro).<br><br>I don't have iptables, it doesn't seem to be in ports either. I'm<br>running FreeBSD.
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