On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 05:17:04PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > Hi Greg. That was an easy fix. Thanks for the very good explanation. > Everything is crystal clear now. While I was at it I changed the "Allow Root > Login" line from yes to no, as I'd seen on a previous thread that this was > not a good idea, and "yes" seems to be the default. I can always su to root > once logged in, if I need to do anything as root. > Also, if you know for sure that you will always be accessing the machine from the same few hosts, you might want to consider disabling password logins altogether and only allowing public key logins. It is significantly more secure, since it is impossible for a dictionary attach to succeed against a server which only allows public key login. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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