Steven Buehler wrote: > On 05/09/11 15:18, Steven Buehler wrote: >> I am trying to setup our servers to only allow logins with a >> public/private key pair. 2 of our machines have to have root login >> access with ssh and the rest, we will login as another account and su >> to root. I just started with this company and on their boxes which >> range from version 5.1 to 5.5, if I open up the firewall to allow ssh >> access from anywhere, I can ssh to root without a password. The only >> uncommented lines in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config are the following: >> >> [snip] >> >> I'm hoping that someone can lead me in the right direction as I can't >> figure this one out. If this was only one machine, I would assume > > Change / uncomment PermitRootLogin with a value of without-password > > I changed the line to read > PermitRootLogin without-password > > It still allows a root login without a password or key. > > Protocol 2 > SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV > PermitRootLogin without-password > StrictModes yes > PubkeyAuthentication yes > PermitEmptyPasswords no > PasswordAuthentication no > ChallengeResponseAuthentication no > GSSAPIAuthentication yes > GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes > UsePAM no Also change that to UsePAM yes mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list