SSHd

Josh Boyer jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Sun Aug 20 02:23:19 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 22:17 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 18:11 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:52:46PM +0200, Leszek Matok wrote:
> > > > Why does FC ship openssh with sshd allowing root logins?
> > > As I see it, logging in as root using a key is more secure than logging
> > > in as normal user and typing a password to su.
> > 
> > Possibly. Perhaps the default config should be
> > "PermitRootLogin=without-password", which would allow logins via public key
> > but not using password authentication.
> > 
> 
> +1

+2

josh




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