ESX 3.5 - Access denined using Putty and WinSCP

Hi,

I have tried to create a user with the same access rights as root which i can use to access the ESX server Via Putty and WinSCP, I used the following bit of advice from VMware-land:-

Service Console method:

• Login to service console

• Type "useradd sshuser" (or whatever username you want to use) to add the user

• Type "passwd sshuser" to set the password for this user

• Type "usermod -g root sshuser" to add the user to the root group

• Type "usermod -u 0 -o sshuser" to change the UID of the user to zero to match root

now when I try and access the esx server using either Via Putty and WinSCP I get an "Access denied"

can you use this method and add a user as root and access the esx server via Via Putty and WinSCP?

Thanks

MarkUK