On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Rudi Ludwig wrote:

> root does have a real password, not just an empty string, so SSH should
> not complain for that matter.
> The box is a plain new install no change to any config file.

By default, sshd doesn't allow "root logins". Have a look at your config
file, sshd_config.

It probably has
 #PermitRootLogin no
which means that is the default.
Uncomment (or add new line) and set to "yes" and restart.

> after a reboot sendmail complains:
> ... sm-mta[334]: My unqualified host name (steinlaus) unknown; sleeping
> for retry
> To me that's a realy strange one: this computer and my notebook are
> registered in /etc/hosts and the hostname is set in rc.conf  What else
> is missing???

Make up a fully qualified name, like "steinlaus.foo." or
"steinlaus.internal".

Good luck,

 Jeremy C. Reed

 	  	 	 BSD News, BSD tutorials, BSD links
	  	 	 http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/