From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 5 13:58:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from earth.backplane.com (earth-nat-cw.backplane.com [208.161.114.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5117737B401 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:58:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by earth.backplane.com (8.11.6/8.11.2) id f95KwSR85154; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:58:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:58:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon Message-Id: <200110052058.f95KwSR85154@earth.backplane.com> To: Jamie Oulman Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why sshd:PermitRootLogin = no ? References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011005120304.009f8590@127.0.0.1> <200110052040.f95KeTw84982@earth.backplane.com> <20011005165350.A22343@techsquare.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : :why? : :from what i can tell you want the default entry changed to accomodate :your personal installation method? : :i dont see a problem with PermitRootLogin no at all. its standard. :if you want to use keys for root then change it after the installation. : :again. maybe im missing the point. but i dont see what your average user :is going to gain from making a change like this. : :jamie. Huh? Tell me, Jamie, what effect does changing PermitRootLogin from no to without-password have on a default installation? And why would be detrimental to the 'average' user or reduce root security? Think about it a bit before shoot from the hip. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message