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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>
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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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