2008/5/30 Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Peope have already pointed out that it is a bad idea to >> allow remote root logins, so I won't repeat that. :-) > > i like bad ideas :) except the worst idea - dumb generalization. > >> But to answer your question: Renaming the "root" account >> will probably break quite a log of things, for example > > make 2 roots, root and homer in /etc/master.passwd
Won't work. sshd does not only check the username, but the UserID, too... That's what I expect from a security aware software anyway. A method to deal with this "issue" could be to install sudo and to define username ALL=(root):NOPASSWD:/path/to/shell Then you could do alias su="/usr/local/bin/sudo -u root /path/to/shell" Needless to say that as soon as the user account is compromised, the root account is out of your control, too. > > just remember to type > passwd root > > or > > passwd homer. > _______________________________________________ > 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]"
