On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 04:06, shrek-m@xxxxxx wrote: > does anybody really need > RootLogin by default We do. In a typical deployment, our boxes have no local-users except root. All others are authenticated against a central LDAP server, and their home-dir is provided by another file-server. When something breaks, the only way into the box is as root, whether at the local-console, or from off-site. My $0.02, -Gord -- Gordon Pritchard, P.Eng. | Institute of Electrical and Research Labs Manager | Electronics Engineers Simon Fraser University, Surrey | Quarter Century Wireless Ass'n gordonp@xxxxxx | Telephone Pioneers of America phone: 604.268.7509 | Amateur Radio: VA7SFU, VA7GP