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Date:      Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:44:59 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FBSD1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
Subject:   Re: ssh
Message-ID:  <20080907204459.GB40687@shepherd>
In-Reply-To: <48C43A3B.7050205@daleco.biz>
References:  <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBGEHKCKAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <20080907063548.GA38224@shepherd> <48C43A3B.7050205@daleco.biz>

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Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote:

> Sahil Tandon wrote:
>> FBSD1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On FreeBSD 7.0 how do I tell ssh to allow login from root 
>>                      Change the "PermitRootLogin" parameter in 
>> /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
>>
>>> and also to listen on port 9922 instead of port 22?
>>
>> Edit the the "Port" parameter in the same config file.  And as an 
>> aside
>
> ... don't do it. ;-)
>
> Just my guess.

Woops!  I guess the rest of the sentence never made it, and yep, that 
was it.  I was just going to caution against false hopes of increasing 
security through obscurity. :-)

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>



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