On 10/11/2015 11:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
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?
ssh keys
