Bug#726661: Does not permit login as root from version 1:6.2p2-6
Am Samstag, 27. September 2014, 10:06:39 schrieb Daniel Richard G.:
> On Sat, 2014 Sep 27 15:40+0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> > So am I right to conclude that this bug actually concerns the change
> > that changes PermitRootLogin to without-password?
>
> I believe that's the real issue, yes.
[...]
> > However, I recognise that there are people that are using password-
> > based root login who may be surprised by this change. The proper
> > solution therefore may be to add a NEWS.Debian entry so everyone is
> > informed about this change, and a release notes item at that. If those
> > are added, this bug could be closed.
>
> Is there anything that can be done about the unhelpful auth.log
> messages? Package documentation is good, and the permit-root-login
> debconf question also helps there, but a user who is trying to diagnose
> the issue via syslog could use better hints as to what's going on.
I didn't complain about PermitRootLogin (although this seems to be the bug's
cause), my issue is that I am *not able to login as root*. Even notes in
NEWS.Debian wouldn't let me login as root. If not changing would mean that it
is still needed to patch the system.
Digging down to manuals/config files is quite uncomfortable.
IMHO it remains best practice of the installer to ask for enable/disable as
usual (with default to "no", but I KNOW HOW TO ANSWER....).
I would be really happy to still have the choice from the installer (this does
not reduce security of a default installation).
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