su and ssh problems

[Noldar]

Hello,

Actually, this is two problems.

First, I cannot su root. "su" is suid. I even put the user into the "root" group, though, maybe it serves as "wheel" under freebsd

Second, I cannot login as root via ssh. permit root login is set to yes in sshd.conf and I added pts/0 - pts/3 to /etc/securetty.

What am I doing wrong (or where is it documented) ?

[craftyc]

Have you got the user trying to su in the wheel group? If not then that is what you need to do. Read here for more info http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml#doc_chap2
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[rizzo]

1. Yes the user you want to "su" from must be in the "wheel" group.

2. I definitely wouldn't recommend allowing remote root logins. That said: Did you restart ssh after editing the .conf file?