On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Olivier Blin wrote:

> Hi
> 
> The defaut sshd installation allows root login.
> It could be a major security problem to allow root login by ssh.
> In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, I can see this: "#PermitRootLogin yes".
> Perhaps would it be better to put "PermitRootLogin no" instead.
> 

Choose a different security level, and it will be done for you, and many 
other things you would want on a system connected to a network of any 
size.

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