On booting from the minimal install disk I just fetched (install-amd64-minimal-20160602.iso), the instructions say that I can change the root password, then start sshd. However, unless I *also* edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and set PermitRootLogin yes then I cannot ssh into the machine to complete the install. I suspect that either the documentation should be updated to note this detail for sshd users, or the minimal ISO should be changed to allow root login.
See http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0 . OpenSSH 7 sshd_config defaults to PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password .
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5f80a533616f8e591963a5f2ae7d7e9a694e0079 This "fix" to openssh was pushed to the tree. This should allow root password logins in the live-cd again.
15:51 < gentoovcs> jmbsvicetto → proj/releng (releases/weekly/portage/stages/package.keywords/) Keyword latest openssh version to allow root password logins in the live-cds - fixes bug 585232. 15:51 < willikins> gentoovcs: https://bugs.gentoo.org/585232 "install-minimal-*.iso: Update MOTD - Cannot login with root password to new system, since update to OpenSSH7 sets PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password."; Gentoo Release Media, InstallCD; CONF; eric:release
Thanks Jorge - fallen foul of this a few times!
this breaks with catalyst: Configuring /etc/portage... cannot delete non-empty directory: package.keywords could not make way for new regular file: package.keywords rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1178) [sender=3.1.2] !!! catalyst: Error copying /etc/portage this also really did not need a revbump. please pass changes like this by the base-system@ alias first in the future.
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #5) > this breaks with catalyst: > > Configuring /etc/portage... > cannot delete non-empty directory: package.keywords > could not make way for new regular file: package.keywords > rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) > (code 23) at main.c(1178) [sender=3.1.2] > !!! catalyst: Error copying /etc/portage > > this also really did not need a revbump. please pass changes like this by > the base-system@ alias first in the future. Mike, we got a new installcd 2 days ago, and we've been using portdir for a long time, so the change didn't break the building of releases. About the change to openssh, I did talk to robbat2 about it. [1] - http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-install-amd64-minimal/
*** Bug 575330 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'm closing this one as it should be fixed now.
no, it's still broken with the same error message i posted earlier. it might be working for iso builds, but it's breaking netboot images. i've reverted your keyword change now though since it's unnecessary: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/releng.git/commit/?id=cb672f4003f1ffdadf766c5b395296f880d28a4d hopefully that'll fix the netboot builds.
