disallow remote root / allow remote root by key

[Zbigniew Szalbot]

Hello,

Mike Clarke:

> On Friday 30 May 2008, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> 
>> Server - Remote root login is disallowed but I need to fetch
>> snaphosts produced by rsnapshot and for this I need remote root
>> access. Backup machine on a dynamic IP - connects to server using
>> key-based authentication. Can this machine (and only this machine)
>> log in remotely as root?
> 
> Yes, on the remote server set PermitRootLogin to "without-password" 
> instead of "no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and append your your public key 
> from the remote machine into /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.

Thank you for this advice! Each time I am surprised how flexible this 
system is and how helpful its users are!

Regards,

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