Why don't you deny root login within ssh, login as a regular user and su ? Seems pretty simple with no mess ;) You can use the venerable sudo as well if you'd like..painlessly. I agree with your theory on using shared accounts...it's bad juju's. -- Allie D. Allnix,LLC. http://www.allnix.net PGP Public key: http://www.allnix.net/ads_public_key
Roy Morris said: > Bob Beck wrote: > >>>>What part of the words "Do *NOT* login as root" have you failed to >>>>understand? >>>> >>>> >> >> this is crap. logging in as root is not a sin. we recently >>removed this poopoo advice from OpenBSD anyway. See my rant about >>this in the archives. >> >> -Bob >> >> >> > You would think from an audit point of view, > logging in using a a shared account like root would be > not all that smart. Well is may be poopoo advice, it > remains good practice to not use shared accounts. > > /myshit
