Re: ssh

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 01:22:02PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've recently started having problems logging into my machine as root
> over ssh.  Anybody know what may be causing this?

Debian's default setting of not allowing ssh connections as root?

You really, really shouldn't allow connections as root.  Connect as
a normal user then use su (or sudo/super/some other limited-su tool)
to become root as needed instead.

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