Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:59:32 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh to root Message-ID: <20100121035932.GA12539@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4B57CEB5.2050001@gmail.com> References: <4B57CE44.9060404@gmail.com> <4B57CEB5.2050001@gmail.com>
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Hi, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > I need to set up a machine so that I can type "ssh [host]" as root from > some other host and I get a prompt with super user privs... I already > have set this up for user@host for root and ssh host for normal users... > but root still asks for a password after I set the authorized_keys file > in ~root/.ssh.. I have looked at ssh_config(5) but can't tell what > option (if any) does this PermitRootLogin is set to 'no' by default in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. It isn't advisable disabling this extra layer of security. Regards, -- Glen Barber
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