At 10:51 PM -0700 7/21/07, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
At 11:24 p -0400 07/21/2007, Chris Pepper didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
A better option would be to use a private/public keypair for access
to the root account ("PermitRootLogin without-password" in
/etc/sshd_config), so people cannot break into root by trying
random passwords, but you can get access with the private key.
After hearing about this option, I have a question: Is there a tutorial?
And another question: what if you lose your key via some mishap?
They are easy to regenerate and replace (and free); you could
of course use 'sudo' or login physically at the 'console' to replace
root's trusted keys.
My tutorial (intended to become part of a book) is
<http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2007/03/24/tcossh-public-key-authentication/>.
Chris
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