Anybody know where to find detailed instructions to set up login by key only? Needs to be for a Linux blivet. Thanks, knute... >On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 20:53 -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote: >> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Danny Terweij - Net Tuning | Net wrote: >> >> > From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> >> > >> >>> As you have already realized, it is generally not safe to allow >> >>> ssh access for root. In fact, Fedora by default does not allow >> >>> root to have ssh access. >> >> Ask yourself why is is not safe to ssh to root? > >It's a known user ID on a system, and an incredibly powerful one. No >one will have root access that doesn't have a regular user account as >well, therefore, forcing remote root users to first log in as their >regular user and then su to root prevents a known username that >happens to be all powerful from being bute-forced. > >Furthermore, if you ssh in as root - there is no accountability. >If you ssh in as a user and then su to root, that action is recorded >in the log files - and you know who logged into root and when. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
