Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:20:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Scot Elliott <scot@poptart.org> To: "mlucas@verio.net" <mlucas@verio.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Books on security Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980220191935.17162A-100000@uranus.planet-three.com> In-Reply-To: <199802201109.LAA12759@sunoco.rust.net>
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Put the following in your sshd_config file: PermitRootLogin no Scot On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, mlucas@verio.net wrote: > >> S/key is vulnerable to session hijacking, so ssh may be a better > >> choice. If you use rdist, ssh has the additional advantage that it > >> allows root to do run it while plain rsh won't. > > > >If you enable that option :) All my installs of SSH don't allow root > >logins. > > The vanilla install of ssh in the ports directory does allow root logins > (at least, on my systems). > > How can this be turned off? > > Thanks, > ml > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott (scot@poptart.org) | Work: +44 (0)1344 899401 PGP fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D | Home: +44 (0)181 8961019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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