> > > Well.... just ignorance on my part.... but ftp doesn't allow me log > > > in as root, ftp is different because passwords are transmitted in the clear. > If I recall correctly from a discussion about this a long time ago, ssh > has root access enabled by default for those cases where the admin is > trying to install a system remotely. More people these days say you shouldn't allow root to log on by ssh. A bad side effect of that is root then can't fix problems with a /home partition, because you need a functioning /home to log in as non-root. Thus the guru has to log on at the console, but they say root shouldn't do that either. -- Donald Arseneau asnd@xxxxxxxxx
