On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:20:53AM +0100, Alexander Skwar alleged: > Hallo. Hello. > If so, why are root ssh logins disabled? I further suppose that is, > because root ssh logins are "bad". Correct? Well, but why are they > "bad"? In how far is it more secure to first ssh to a normal user > account and then do a su to become root?
(yet another reason...) root logins are hard to account from looking at logs. If you *only* su to root, then you always get a clear "bob su'd to root" message. This becames more important in larger shops where lots of people may have the root password.
