Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Ricardo Loureiro <rjlouro@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Opinion: ssh to root vs sudo
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:32:27
Message-Id: 200610121721.56533.rjlouro@rjlouro.org
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-server] Opinion: ssh to root vs sudo by "Longman
1 Hi,
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3 That works well, until the users type sudo bash like I saw many ppl doing...
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5 Ricardo Loureiro
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7 On Thursday 12 October 2006 17:17, Longman, Bill wrote:
8 > One point you may want to take into account is the audit trail you get from
9 > sudo. I think it's far better to see who actually logged in and then what
10 > they did. I turn off ssh root login on all my machines, period. My admins
11 > must log in as themselves and then sudo when they need to. I can then see
12 > login activity and sudo activity for any individual with little
13 > deniability. Also, in my experience, simply move the SSH port somewhere
14 > other than 22. I've moved it off that port on most systems and the script
15 > kiddies have simply vanished. It will keep your logs much cleaner!

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Re: [gentoo-server] Opinion: ssh to root vs sudo Christian Spoo <mail@××××××××××××××.info>