Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 09:16:18 -0500 From: "C J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net> To: "Robin Becker" <robin@reportlab.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: login as root from specified domain Message-ID: <CDEJIONOMGKHCNHBALKPEEKKCAAA.cjm2@earthling.net> In-Reply-To: <XyAEb4ACJmd8Ewh3@jessikat.demon.co.uk>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Robin Becker > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:23 AM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: login as root from specified domain > > > In article <20020222133047.A58163@nigsch.com>, Florian Nigsch > <flo@nigsch.com> writes > >While loggin in as root is not normally a good idea, see > > > >login.access(5) fro some hints. > > > >make sure that PermitRootLogin is NOT no in sshd.conf > > > >for FTP: root must not be in the ftpusers file. > > > >why not use su(1) and ssh/sftp/scp? > > > >flo > ..... > Normally I use ssh+su for handomatic stuff, but I would like to use gvim > on my winbox to edit files directly on the server. It understands some > protocols like ftp, but I'm not sure whether gvim understands scp. > Perhaps I should investigate. Or you could look into sftp. I use mindterm for alot of my ssh'ing and it has a feature called FTP -> SFTP bridge. I don't know if this is specific to mindterm tho. I ssh to the box, enable the bridge, and then ftp to localhost. Works quite smoothly. > -- > Robin Becker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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