SSH still prompting for password for root

sampsonf · April 13, 2020, 5:43pm

In LUCI, I disabled root login with password.

When I am trying to connect from my Linux to Openwrt, over WAN, OpenWRT is still prompting me for password after key files are rejected.

Any hints to fix this?

OpenWRT: Version: Powered by LuCI openwrt-19.07 branch (git-20.057.55219-13dd17f) / OpenWrt 19.07.2 r10947-65030d81f3
sshd: Dropbear ver 2019.78-2

trendy · April 13, 2020, 5:45pm

Did you disable Password authentication as well? (the first tickbox in Luci-Administration page SSH Access tab.

sampsonf · April 13, 2020, 5:49pm

Thanks for your quick reply!

Password authentication is enabled.

I want to create additional non-root user, and allow password login to non-root users, while restrict root to key login only.

Is that possible?

trendy · April 13, 2020, 5:55pm

sampsonf · April 13, 2020, 6:10pm

Thanks for the link.

system · April 23, 2020, 6:10pm

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