Enabling root access over ssh

[Alex Snow]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the info.  I'm using slackware 8.1, and probably will use the su
command to get root remotely.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
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.
>
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