I prefer not to allow root to login using passwd or ssh On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 11:19 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/30/23 13:57, bruce wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Lost my old notes. Laying out how to setup test cloud instance to be > > able to have testUserA and root > > > > testUserA will login/access via ssh > > testUSerA will create private/pub key, with /home/testUserA/.ssh on > > the CloudInstance (D1) > > > > ssh will allow testUserA > > ssh will not allow root access > > > > root will have passwd -- passwd1 (example) > > root will not have ssh key, (why would it need it?) > > > > my question.. > > testUserA will access via ssh and then can simply su root to do root things.. > > > > or should there be an intermediate user with "sudo" rights that > > testUserA would change to, to then do root things. > > Is there a reason you don't want to follow the usual practice? > user has sudo access and root optionally has an ssh key for login. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
