From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 5 14: 6:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from aquinas.techsquare.com (aquinas.techsquare.com [199.190.186.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED68637B406 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by aquinas.techsquare.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id f95L6Kj56502; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:06:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jamie) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:06:19 -0400 From: Jamie Oulman To: Matt Dillon Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why sshd:PermitRootLogin = no ? Message-ID: <20011005170619.A42459@techsquare.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011005120304.009f8590@127.0.0.1> <200110052040.f95KeTw84982@earth.backplane.com> <20011005165350.A22343@techsquare.com> <200110052058.f95KwSR85154@earth.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200110052058.f95KwSR85154@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:58:28PM -0700 Organization: TechSquare Inc X-PGP-ID: 56D99DC1 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 matt. i think your missing the point of my comment. i never said it would increase or decrease the security of the superuser account. nor did i say it was detrimental to the person installing it. what i am saying is that i dont see any real point in making the change. if you want it enabled. do so after the installation. jamie. On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:58:28PM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote: > > : > :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