Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:48:06 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Dima Sorkin <dima.sorkin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh login as root Message-ID: <20070311014806.GA42241@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com> References: <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 05:55:54PM +0200, Dima Sorkin wrote: > Hi. > It _seems_ that FreeBSD does not allow root to login remotely via ssh. > I can miss something, but if I right, how > do I allow it ? You can change the config file to allow it, but that is considered poor security. The thing to do is to create a non-root account to log in to and add that id to the wheel group in /etc/group file. Then log in as that user and su to root only for those things that need root. ////jerry > > Thanks and regards, > Dima. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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