From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.8]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18YdiO-0007WQ-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:55:40 -0500 Received: from cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com (cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.3.115]) by mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h0F2taa14269 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:55:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:55:31 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Enabling root access over ssh In-Reply-To: <000901c2bc3e$551aa900$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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.