On Thu, 2021-05-13 at 20:09 +0200, Peter Boy wrote: > > > > Am 12.05.2021 um 22:35 schrieb Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > == Summary == > > Since 2019 the Anaconda installer GUI hosted an option called > > "Allow > > SSH root login with password", that made it possible to enable > > password based root logins over SSH on the installed system. ... > > And > > after two years of transition period it is now time to drop the > > option > > from the GUI. > > > > We discussed that in the Fedora Server Edition Working Group and > opted to leave it as is for the Server installation iso. A lot of > servers are running in a protected environment. And there are > situations when you need urgent access but do not sit at your desktop > and don’t have the key available. So let the server admin decide what > is best in a given installation context. In most cases it is the > current default (disallow password login) Do those server deployments not have any users accounts other than root ? Creating a non-root user account, possibly with admin rights (all possible from within Anaconda) would seem like a safer option for accasional/emergency password based access to such machines over SSH. > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
