Re: ssh and root logins
On August 10, 2004 08:30 am, Shannon R. wrote:
> i only have 1 important box yet i'm getting the same
> thing also.
>
> by the way, won't leaving only "console" in
> /etc/securetty disallow remote root logins? i did it
> and my box still accepts remote root logins. any ideas
> why?
Because ssh doesn't refer to that file. You can probably make it check the
file by adding something like "auth requisite pam_securetty.so"
to /etc/pam.d/ssh (note that's completely untested so don't try it remotely
of course).
If you do try it let us know how it works out.
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Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net> http://www.wehave.net/
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux
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