Re: disabling root logins -- HOWTO

/etc/ssh/sshd_config add PermitRootLogin no On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:03:12 -0500, Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we wanted to disable root logins (i.e. make it so that the only > way to acquire root is via sudo or su after being logged in as a > valid non-root user -- much better for trac

disabling root logins -- HOWTO

we wanted to disable root logins (i.e. make it so that the only way to acquire root is via sudo or su after being logged in as a valid non-root user -- much better for tracking who's done what). /etc/pam.d/login contains # Disallows root logins except on tty's listed in /etc/securetty