SSH Problem

Stephen Liu satimis at icare.com.hk
Mon Mar 1 07:42:25 PST 2004


- snip -
>
> You say that this works as root, but your example seems to indicate
> otherwise.  By default, root logins via ssh is disabled in the sshd
> config file, usually at /etc/ssh/sshd_config.  If for some reason you
> want to allow root logins via ssh then uncomment the following line and
> change "no" to "yes" - then restart sshd:
>
> PermitRootLogin yes
>
> However, I think this would generally be frowned upon from a security
> standpoint.

Hi Nathan,

Tks for your advice which works.

This arrangement is only to facilitate Administor's job.  He operates outside 
contact as 'user' from there if necessary he can login as root doing 
maintenance.

B.R.
Stephen



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