On Wed,23.Jul.08, 09:00:22, Alexander Fortin wrote: > On Jul 23, 2:30 pm, Brian Marshall <bm...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > > That said, I don't recommend allowing root login over ssh, but than can > > be disabled with sshd. > > I partially agree with the useless of the feauture, but Debian > installer is asking if you want to allow root login or not, so I'm Only in expert mode ;) > pretty sure I'm not the only one on Lenny with locked root account and > root cron jobs running, and I still think this could lead to > confusion, especially if you were used to lock root accunt under Etch. I'm not an expert, but a quick read through passwd(1) says account expiry should be set to '1', while your 'passwd -S' shows '-1', just like a normal account. How about trying to lock it again? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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