On 01/17/2008 11:22 PM, M. Todd Smith wrote:
On Jan 17, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Kain, Becki (B.) wrote:
I can't find a good write up of the options of PermitRootLogin - yes,
no, without-passwd, etc... Can someone point me in the right
directoin>
from 'man sshd_config'
PermitRootLogin
Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The
argument must be ``yes'', ``without-password'',
``forced-commands-only'', or ``no''.
<snip>
If this option is set to ``no'', root is not allowed to
log in.
Just for clarity, this means root cannot directly log in via ssh (best
for security). After logging in via ssh, you can as a user su to root
to do any kind of admin work. Root is not prevented from working via
ssh if set to no, just not allowed to log in directly.
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Joe Morris
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