able to login as root via ssh :-(
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Tue Aug 8 01:26:20 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 17:33 -0700, Don Russell wrote:
> FC5
> openssh-4.3p2-4
>
> I was surprised to find that I can log in as root via ssh from my
> Windows machine to my FC5 box.
>
> I've always used ssh to log in as a user then 'su -' ....
>
> I don't see anything in /etc/ssh/sshd_config to prevent that, or enable
> it for that matter?
>
> What do I need to change so root can't be logged in via ssh? Or is it
> letting me because it recognizes a key?
>
1. Change the line that reads
PermitRootLogin yes
to
PermitRootLogin no
2. You can also add a bit more restriction by adding
AllowUsers your_user
which will allow ONLY those listed on that line to have ssh access to
the system.
> Thanks,
> Don
>
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