Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:47:39 +0200 From: "Christian Zachariasen" <chrizach@gmail.com> To: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr>, "FreeBSD Mailing Lists" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Renaming "root" to "homer"? Message-ID: <4a89d1190805290147g7ced55bdy11c44b71a8d2d788@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com> References: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com>
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On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> wrote: > Hello > > With all those scripts trying to connect to SSHd as "root", I was > wondering if it'd be OK to rename this account to eg. "homer", to act > as a first line of defense? > > Are there unknown consequences to doing something like that? > > If not, is it done by just editing /etc/password with vi, or is there > a better way? > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > 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
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