On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 10:27 -0500, Blake Thornton wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > Then why have I had to manually disable it on every Fedora install I > > > have done? > > > > > Can someone point me to what I need to do to disable this??? > in /etc/ssh/sshd_config is a line that looks like this: #PermitRootLogin yes Change it to this then restart sshd PermitRootLogin no > Thanks! > Blake >
