SSHd

[Christian Rose]

On 8/19/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why does FC ship openssh with sshd allowing root logins? And are there
> any plans to preempt the now routine sshd weak password hunting bots?

IIRC, the idea was that you should not end up with being locked out of
a remote system if that system's /home NFS mount was somehow screwed
up. With allowing root to log in, you could still fix a remote system
using NFS-mounted home directories.


Christian