Re: [webmin-l] ssh

[Craig W. <cra...@az...>]

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 12:04 +0100, Christophe Chisogne wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > 'root' user and 'enable root password' - until you do this, you cannot
> > login as root.
> 
> I disable root login via ssh, as many do : I see many ssh attemps
> to login as root/admin/random_users since a few months -- seems
> some crackers are doing distributed ssh password probes.
> 
> Better to know this before activating root ssh logins,
> or at least choosing a really good password for root.
> 
> I run Linux, but I guess it's similar on MacOS X.
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I'm not advocating anything here - if you don't enable root password,
then root is unable to get a shell for any reason, including ssh
connections or a user connecting to ssh will not be able to sudo/su

Craig