Re: blocking ssh Root Logins

[Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>]

Hal Vaughan and others write:
>Yes, according to "man sshd_config", you can disable root login by editing 
>the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.  If you see "PermitRootLogin Yes" change the 
>yes to no.  If you don't see it, add the line, but with a "no".  It's 
>possible the line could be commented out (the default is to permit).

	I did actually read the man page and remember seeing something
about that but I probably failed to kill -HUP sshd, maybe thinking
that it read that file for every new login.  I remember trying it and
still being able to ssh in as root.

	Thanks to all.