Hi Adam, Thanks for the info. I'm using slackware 8.1, and probably will use the su command to get root remotely. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: Re: Enabling root access over ssh > Root login is permitted by default in Slackware 8.1. I don't know what > distribution you use, but the setting is in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and is > called PermitRootLogins and is set to either yes or no. Be sure it's not > commented out if you decide to enable root logins. Of course, you can > always log in as yourself and then type "su -" to get to root. The dash > makes su act more like a regular login by giving you root's environment. > Either method works. If you were running a major server, it would be > better to disable root logins from any remote systems, thus you could > track who did what as root to some degree since every su command gets > logged. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
