On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> > Isnt this the Freebsd default anyway, that root cannot login remotely > anyway, unlike that penguin OS? SSH in remotely as a non root user that is > in the wheel group and then su to root. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
I think you're right, I was just assuming that he had the setting set to "Yes" since he wanted to rename root to homer in order to stop these attacks. Christian Zachariasen _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
