On Monday 01 Sep 2003 8:45 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > HaywireMac wrote: > >On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:40:22 -0400 > > > >Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >>I used root and the root password and immediately had the run of the > >>box. > > > >It would be better, IMHO, to ssh in as a regular user, then su root when > >needed, but other than that, Derek has everything covered. As long as > >you are behind a firewall, configured correctly, you are relatively > >safe. > > Isn't there something in msec that keeps you from logging in as root via > ssh? It makes you log on as a user and then su to root. You may want > to increase your msec security level as part of your security lockdown.
No. By default ssh allows log in as root.(At least at standard security) However there is an option in the config file to prohibit it. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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