[TriLUG] disabling root?

[Greg Brown]

I missed that from the pervious post.  Thanks, it works great!

Greg


On Wednesday 13 March 2002 11:37 am, you wrote:
> Greg Brown [gregbrown at mindspring.com] wrote:
> > Is it possible to disable the root logon from everywhere except the
> > console? I'd still like to be able to su once logged in, but I'd like to
> > make sure nobody out there just hack on in as root.
>
> Yup.  Make sure you're only allowing remote access via ssh and change
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config from PermitRootLogin yes to PermitRootLogin no.
>
> Mike

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