On 11/30/2011 1:55 PM, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: > On 30 Nov 2011, at 18:51, Les Mikesell<lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Ssh is mostly about being able to log in. > I've always adopted the policy of disabling root logins, making admins > use a separate account with public/private key authentication and then > requiring them to use su to elevate privileges. > > Has the advantage that your logs will tell you who logged in and > performed an action rather than the vague 'root'. > > Ben > How would you automate daily logins from another server to do something like rsync the entire /etc directory to a backup system? -- John Hinton 877-777-1407 ext 502 http://www.ew3d.com Comprehensive Online Solutions _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos