On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:35:16AM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > > (Put the public key in the .authorized_keys file for the root user) > TUrn on RSA/DSA authentication and 'allow root login' One word of warning aboce would allow logging in using root password as well which might not be the best sollution. Using without-password gives You somewhat more control over who can log on remotely using ssh (public ssh key needs to be present in ~root/.ssh/authorized_keys to log in)
Way proposed by Mark is of course not bad it's just a matter of Security Policy and personal taste =o) -- Robert Ramiega | [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: _Jedi_ | Do not underestimate UIN: 13201047 | http://www.plukwa.net/ | the power of Source