Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:55:30 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, z.szalbot@lc-words.com Subject: Re: disallow remote root / allow remote root by key Message-ID: <200805301055.31048.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <483FC2E5.5040706@lc-words.com> References: <483FC2E5.5040706@lc-words.com>
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On Friday 30 May 2008, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Server - Remote root login is disallowed but I need to fetch > snaphosts produced by rsnapshot and for this I need remote root > access. Backup machine on a dynamic IP - connects to server using > key-based authentication. Can this machine (and only this machine) > log in remotely as root? Yes, on the remote server set PermitRootLogin to "without-password" instead of "no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and append your your public key from the remote machine into /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. -- Mike Clarke
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