In your sshd configfile, you can disable root login: ********************************************* /etc/ssh/sshd_config: PermitRootLogin no ********************************************* Hope this helps -- Cheers! Wim De Hul ----------------------------------------- Belgacom International Carrier Services AS6774 ----------------------------------------- Tel: +32 2 547 5151 option 1-3 Mail: noc@xxxxxxxxxx Peering: peering@xxxxxxxxxx Abuse: abuse@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------- My public key is available at: hkp://subkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------- On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 11:19:39AM +0000, Tom Brown wrote: > how can i stop root logging into ssh ? I presume there is a setup file > somewhere? > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060116/e23fdac0/attachment.bin