From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 12:32:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E3016A421 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 12:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from deliver.hol.gr (deliver.hol.gr [62.38.3.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D4413C465 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 12:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from auth-smtp.hol.gr (takeit01.mail.dc.hol.net [192.168.20.71]) by deliver.hol.gr (8.12.11/8.11.6) with ESMTP id l4TCWdNp011793 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256 bits) verified OK); Tue, 29 May 2007 15:32:39 +0300 Received: from [192.168.1.20] (ppp112-159.dsl.hol.gr [89.210.112.159]) (authenticated bits=0) by auth-smtp.hol.gr (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l4TCWcMF023184; Tue, 29 May 2007 15:32:38 +0300 Message-ID: <465C1D68.8000502@yahoo.gr> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:32:40 +0300 From: Thanos Rizoulis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri References: <11066.217.114.136.135.1180427946.squirrel@llca513-a.servidoresdns.net> <499c70c0705290145w309bd308u83f39f3791c5b3f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0705290145w309bd308u83f39f3791c5b3f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90/3322/Tue May 29 12:46:18 2007 on takeit01.mail.dc.hol.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: DSA - JCR , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connecting user root with ssh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: apatewna@yahoo.gr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:32:42 -0000 O/H Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri έγραψε: > Hello, > > You can create a user and add the user into the wheel in /etc/group > > It's not recommended to ssh to the box using root, use su after you > log to the shell. > > If you are insist to ssh as root which is disabled by default in > sshd_config, you can uncomment it, you are warned, do not allow SSH to > your box with user root at all. ...and along the way you will want to install "denyhosts" or key authentication... Having root logon enabled remotely is just asking for trouble. -- RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens _________________________________________ Thanos Rizoulis Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa, Greece FreeBSD/PCBSD user