On 2006/09/05 22:21, Leonard Jacobs wrote: > Well I wish it were this easy, or perhaps I am still missing something. > I added AllowUsers username in the sshd_config file and changed the > drive to read/write and here's the results:
Was the user added normally (adduser/vipw)? If not, was pwd_mkdb run to update pwd.db and spwd.db? > Of course I would love to disallow Root logins but will await the > resolution of allowing regular users to connect via ssh first. Soekris - what is it, single-user system running as a router or something? There's probably not very much benefit from disabling root logins in such a case, just use good passwords or use keys and PasswordAuthentication no (and if possible only allow your legitimate IP addresses to connect), but you still want that if you disable root logins.