Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > On Wed 2003-04-02 at 00:09:16 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Vincent Danen wrote: >> > Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocateable) > [...] >> > - PermitRootLogin disabled by default >> >> Ugh. Could you at least make that only for high security levels? >> The justification for that feature is severly lacking. > > I would say it the other way around: What is the justification to > allow remote-login as root *by default*? Simply use "su" or "sudo" > instead; or change the default, I you cannot be bothered to use these.
scp my friend, scp. > That said, Vincent changed only the default. The actual value will > depend on your msec setting. So for practically all cases, nothing has > changed. Only if something goes wrong or you install no drakxtools at > all, you get a more secure default, which is a good idea, INMSHO. Well that sounds OK.