Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 09:08:55 +0200 From: "Christian Zachariasen" <chrizach@gmail.com> To: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net>, "FreeBSD Mailing Lists" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Renaming "root" to "homer"? Message-ID: <4a89d1190805300008u26d51159s4a62051c47de1797@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <483F92BA.4080208@brianwhalen.net> References: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com> <4a89d1190805290147g7ced55bdy11c44b71a8d2d788@mail.gmail.com> <483F92BA.4080208@brianwhalen.net>
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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> wrote: > > Sorry, forgot to send this to the mailing list as well: >> >> Not recommended. >> >> Instead edit your sshd_config file and change the option PermitRootLogin >> to >> "no". >> >> Christian Zachariasen >> >> > Isnt this the Freebsd default anyway, that root cannot login remotely > anyway, unlike that penguin OS? SSH in remotely as a non root user that is > in the wheel group and then su to root. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I think you're right, I was just assuming that he had the setting set to "Yes" since he wanted to rename root to homer in order to stop these attacks. Christian Zachariasen
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