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Re: [OT]: possible spyware?



On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 01:46:30PM -0400, H.S. wrote:

> Regarding the root login via SSH, the log says:
> --------------
> [13:36:44]   Checking if SSH root access is allowed          [ Warning ]
> [13:36:44] Warning: The SSH and rkhunter configuration options should be 
> the same:
> [13:36:44]          SSH configuration option 'PermitRootLogin': yes
> [13:36:44]          Rkhunter configuration option 'ALLOW_SSH_ROOT_USER': no
> --------------
>
>
> So looks like in Ubuntu root login via SSH is not disabled. But IIRC root 
> account itself is disabled in Ubuntu. So this warning also is benign ... 
> looks like.

Debian also has this enabled by default. See README.Debian file for 
openssh-server for an explanation.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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