--On Wednesday, June 01, 2005 17:57:56 -0400 Steven Friedrich
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been successful using ssh-agent, though I have to enter the
passphrase each time I run my script. That's really only an annoyance
now because I'm developing the script and have to enter it often. That
goes away when the script is stable.
First you run ssh-agent screen.
Then you run ssh-add, and, when prompted, type in your passphrase.
What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I
haven't found this mentioned in the man pages.
You should *never* allow remote logins for root. You don't need it. Login
using your own account and then use sudo or su - to perform functions that
only root can perform.
Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would
that be a colossal mistake?
You change it in the ssh config file, but don't.
I mean, hey, it's a secure shell, why can't I login as root?
The reason I want to use root is because I'm trying to scp
/etc/master.passwd from each of my four machines so I can write them to
a CD for backup. _______________________________________________
scp the file to your home directory, then move it whereever you want to by
using sudo or su -.
Don't allow remote root logins. It's unwise.
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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