for security reasons, remote root logins are a bad thing. log in as yourself, then su to root. make sure you are a member of the 'wheel' group.
-- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Arnold > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:51 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Remote server warnings > > > John Brooks wrote: > > might be good to make sure you can actually ssh into the box > > before you move it, > > Thanks for the quick response. > > I've done this - in fact, I'm updateing to 4.10 as we speak via SSH > with my box still local. > > > make sure root logins are not permitted in sshd_config, > > If I do this, how do I do root stuff? Login as myself and use su? > > > make sure the daily reports will be emailed to you > > Ahh, good idea. > > -- > Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: > http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
