From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Yljy-0002Xb-00 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:29:50 -0500 Received: (qmail 7665 invoked by uid 0); 15 Jan 2003 11:29:18 -0000 Received: from dhcp129-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.129) by mail.gmx.net (mp019-rz3) with SMTP; 15 Jan 2003 11:29:18 -0000 Message-ID: <003301c2bc88$ea842c60$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: Enabling root access over ssh Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:26:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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" To: 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@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >