connecting via ssh - permission denied

What message are you getting back? Typically, the error message tells you why. Usually, wrong password or pubkey.

What user are you trying to connect as?

That was the only error I was recieving. Evidently having a ! in the password broke it. But now the root password doesn't work for sftp.. so frustrating.

Recent releases of ssh, by default, do not allow the user root to log in using a password.

(Try "man sshd_config" and read about PermitRootLogin option).

That's not a bad default, however. What you should do is to start using ssh public keys.

It is good to keep direct root logins disabled, create a user and add it as sudo

Hi there,

I am encountering this problem.

I created a new linode. I set up my root password. I tried to SSH into my server, but my password/access is denied.

how do you guys do it now?

thanks,

techfang