I have the issue logging into the VM server, this is the message that I get when I try to log in as the root;

The authenticity of host 'svm**' can't be established.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'svm**' (DSA) to the list of known hosts.
Authentication failed.

I get this message whenever I try to log in as root from the control server, and when I go the VM console and try to log in as the root, the permission is denied as well. So how can I troubleshoot this issue?

What distros/versions are involved in this conundrum? Is this by any chance a *buntu?

Are you trying to log in via ssh or are you starting the VM and trying to log into the OS directly (my guess would be ssh because of the reference to "known hosts").

Can you log in as user and su to root?

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The server is Redhat 7 server . I am trying to log in via ssh and log in through the host console as well. But in the console the permission is denied, but my password is correct.

Since it's RHEL and I assume you have certainly licensed it for support, have you contacted RHEL support about this issue?

add -vvv to your ssh command to get more verbose output

The first thing you can do is simple: **DO NOT LOG IN AS ROOT** That is a horrible idea, both over a network and on GUI especially. Don't do it, since there's never a need to. Log in as a regular user, and use su or sudo. Past that, you'll have to get verbose logging information for the SSH session (and make sure that root SSH is enabled, because it is NOT by default, because it is a bad idea). Once you have that, we can try to help, but as said, calling Red Hat support would be better for you.

You are PAYING for RHEL, right???? You've been told to contact RHEL support in your other threads, which you haven't followed up in. If you're not going to respond or take advice, what is the point in posting?

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