Hello, Jeff. On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:26:27PM -0700, Jeff Smelser wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > A major upgrade to OpenSSH is being stabilized: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555518 > > The default of PermitRootLogin for sshd in the new version is > > "prohibit-password". If you typically log in to the root account over > > SSH using a password, **IT'S GONNA BREAK**, and you won't be able to fix > > it remotely unless you have an account that can sudo to root. > > To maintain the current behavior, set PermitRootLogin to "yes" before > > you upgrade, and then be careful not to wipe out sshd_config. > The question is, why would you want root login? If your still using it, > your doing it wrong. You might have just booted up a bare machine with the Gentoo install CD, and you're using ssh to issue the installation commands from a more comfortable fully installed machine. By the way, anybody, what's the alternative to a password login when you need to login remotely as root? -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
