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