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When I enter the password it gives me the following error:

login: root 
Password: My-password
Login incorrect

I have tried SSH via Putty as well as WinSCP. I get Network Error: Connection refused.

So what could have gone wrong?

Please advise.

Please Note: root is not the only user on this machine, I can access with another account and perform some command .

I tried to reset the root password following the instructions on some other site. All went well, except I get the same error despite changing the password!

The last major thing I did was : create user , create group , associate the user to the group created and than change folder dir to the user inside etc/passwd. After that I start to have the root problem , so i cancel the user and the group created but i still facing the same problem

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  • Since you can login as another user, you've looked at the logs haven't you?
    – fukawi2
    Aug 29, 2013 at 6:54

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Can you give us some logs about sshd to see what happens from inside /var/log directory.
just run # grep sshd * | grep the_number_of_the_date_that_you_want_to_check or you can run this grep -Ri ssh /var/log/*

Also:
1. Do you have a line in your sshd_config that refers to "AllowUsers"? (most dont but some do, and if yours does, you need your account listed on that line).
2. Do you have iptables allowing TCP 22?
3. The service i hope is started :) (# service sshd status)
4. Last but not least: is PermitRootLogin yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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  • UPDATE useful for beginner like me : This issue happen because customer edited the /etc/passwd from a Window environment. Noticed /etc/passwd file had DOS line endings. For example when we use vi editor to open /etc/passwd file following were noticed : vi /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash^M The ^M should not be there and is likely introduced by editing on a Windows platform (although there could be other explanations). In order to fix the issue remove ^M at the end of each line in /etc/passwd file. Solution found on [access.redhat.com/site/solutions/258803]
    – user2482756
    Aug 29, 2013 at 8:03

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