SSHd

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 8/19/06, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> 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
>
> -sv

I often use root login via ssh to complete the semi-headless setup of
my system. It would be nice if we had a way to accomidate this use
without requiring people to go through the complexity of a full
kickstart install.