From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jan 27 15:12:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from security1.noc.flyingcroc.net (security1.noc.flyingcroc.net [207.246.128.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7463A14E6B for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:12:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from todd@flyingcroc.net) Received: from localhost (todd@localhost) by security1.noc.flyingcroc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA63892; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:11:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from todd@flyingcroc.net) X-Authentication-Warning: security1.noc.flyingcroc.net: todd owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:11:26 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Backman X-Sender: todd@security1.noc.flyingcroc.net To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Todd Backman , Bill Swingle , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root authorized_keys ignore? In-Reply-To: <1573.948954524@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You are correct. I was looking for an interim solution to the problem until I get through all of my other projects before digging into kerberosV for our 250+ machines... aaaakkkk! I was just hoping I missed something in sshd_config. Thanks for the tips! - Todd On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:08:34 PST, Todd Backman wrote: > > > just the use of authorized_keys... just want to combat the > > "lazy-admin-syndrome" ;^) > > Actually, it looks like you're trying to work around existing laziness, > rather than stomp on it. So far, all the suggestions I've seen offered > in public are not fool-proof. :-) > > Just disable root logins with ssh altogether and have your admins log in > with user accounts and su to root. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > ========================================================================== Todd Backman "the only limitations people Security Officer have are the ones we put Flying Crocodile, Inc. upon ourselves." -me Seattle, WA "chaos is a good teacher..." ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message