Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:56:33 -0600 From: Walton Yantis <wyantis@gmail.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Suggestion for manual Message-ID: <EF2C55ED-D3CD-4BE6-8C09-E7292564D7AA@gmailcom>
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Hi there, at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/securing-freebsd.html in the first paragraph, 14.3.1, I suggest the following change based on a problem just encountered. there as well. You can do this by editing your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, and making sure thatPermitRootLogin is set to NO. Consider every access method -- services such as FTP often fall through the cracks. Direct root logins should only be allowed via the system console. there as well. You can do this by editing your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, and making sure thatPermitRootLogin is set to no. Consider every access method -- services such as FTP often fall through the cracks. Direct root logins should only be allowed via the system console. The capitalization of PermitRootLogin variable to NO caused ssh startup to fail on boot. Walthelp
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