Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 07:11:03 +0930 From: "nepbabu" <nepbabucxspamfree@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: root login stops working Message-ID: <20080511214102.GA18120@interrupt.driven.box> In-Reply-To: <20080511195846.GC81732@demeter.hydra> References: <812883.11120.qm@web54010.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080511195846.GC81732@demeter.hydra>
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--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thus spoke Chad Perrin on Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 13:58:46 -0600: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:50:46AM -0700, Dennis Flynn wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD wx.dennis-flynn.net 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE= #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/u= sr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > >=20 > > About a day after install root login no longer works - even on the cons= ole. [ .... ] > For security purposes, you should probably actually configure your Debian > system to behave more like your FreeBSD system, with regard to SSH. Set > the PermitRootLogin value in /etc/ssh/sshd_config to "no" to prevent > remote logins over SSH as root. This behavior is intended as a security > measure. To access root remotely, log in over SSH as an account that has > su access, then su to root, rather than just logging in as root directly. I think sshd_config in Debian has "PermitRootLogin" to "no" by default (i.e= =2E, as part of default installation). It's been a while since I've munged = with the default configs (correct me if I am wrong). --=20 Cheers, Bikal KC (Please use: nepbababucxspamfree_at_yahoo DOT ca) Journal: http://nepbabu.livejournal.com || pubkey: see header "Rule 6: There is no Rule 6." - Rob Pike "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities= =2E" - Fran=C3=A7ois-Marie Arouet --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.fossnepal.org iD8DBQFIJ2fucd1dCF2uO+URAjmbAKCellySVKeuoTBstGXZFVGvkzmFbwCdFF7C fNi3ntren2p/sH+gWkJVOok= =C9qm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--
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