Re: PermitRootLogin enabled by default
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 02:11:00PM +0200 or thereabouts, InfoEmergencias - Luis Gómez wrote:
> Messing up with sshd_config for all the privsep stuff, I've noticed that
> PermitRootLogin was set to yes in my three woody boxes. I usually
> consider this a problem (although it has been my fault - i should have
> checked and noticed this much time ago). What do you think of this?
disallowing direct root logins via ssh provides for auditing. you will
always know which user became root. this is why i keep PermitRootLogin
turned off.
regards,
uLI
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