Buchan Milne wrote: >>>>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. > > And rsync -e ssh (currently keeping 120GB of data in sync over a WAN > connection here). > > Buchan
Also, can't urpmi use ssh for distributed installs? > - -- > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+isaGrJK6UGDSBKcRAuT1AKCMmYgFUPFubxmqyUMLBsNMePAzPQCfawHE > rU7rKdKt/cMjrswWkhpn3M8= > =wZbr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
