Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:38:02 -0700 From: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Renaming "root" to "homer"? Message-ID: <483F92BA.4080208@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <4a89d1190805290147g7ced55bdy11c44b71a8d2d788@mail.gmail.com> References: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com> <4a89d1190805290147g7ced55bdy11c44b71a8d2d788@mail.gmail.com>
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> Sorry, forgot to send this to the mailing list as well: > > Not recommended. > > Instead edit your sshd_config file and change the option PermitRootLogin to > "no". > > Christian Zachariasen > Isnt this the Freebsd default anyway, that root cannot login remotely anyway, unlike that penguin OS? SSH in remotely as a non root user that is in the wheel group and then su to root. Brian
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