From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from netsonic.fi ([194.29.192.20] helo=nalle.netsonic.fi ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bwl7G-0004QM-00 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:17:51 -0400 Received: from campus.local (qmailr@wanda69.adsl.netsonic.fi [81.17.192.69]) by nalle.netsonic.fi (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i7GHHmd11175 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:17:48 +0300 Received: (qmail 25804 invoked by uid 1000); 16 Aug 2004 17:17:47 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 17:17:47 -0000 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:17:45 +0300 (EEST) From: Ari Moisio To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000401c483b1$d33bacd0$150b0198@Sina> Message-ID: References: <000401c483b1$d33bacd0$150b0198@Sina> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Disabling root login on ssh? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: arimo@netsonic.fi, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:17:51 -0000 Hi! Have you restarted sshd? Another way is to define users who can login, keyword is allowusers in sshd_config. HTH -- arimo On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > Hi guys, > > For some reason I can't get this to work, I uncommented the line in my > /etc/ssh/sshd_config file that reads PermitRootLogin yes and changed it to > no; however, it still allows me to login as root. > > What can I do to disable root login via ssh? > > Take care, > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >