"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allb...@ece.cmu.edu> writes: > On 2009 Mar 13, at 17:54, Luke S Crawford wrote: > > da...@lang.hm writes: > >> except when it makes sense to have ssh root logins enabled (so that > >> central management tools can do root privilage required functions > >> on the > >> box for example) > > > > I can't come up with a reasonable case for setting PermitRootLogin > > to yes. > > > Certain kinds of clusters in an isolated (both physically and > logically) network, such that only other cluster machines can log in. > I wouldn't advise it but we had such a cluster once.
I still think using keys is both easier (especially for automated logins) and safer. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
