Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:48:27 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> Subject: Re: Renaming "root" to "homer"? Message-ID: <200805291048.28277.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com> References: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com>
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On Thursday 29 May 2008, Gilles 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. Unless you have explicitly set PermitRootLogin to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, it is not possible to login as root using ssh. -- Pieter de Goeje
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