On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Gilles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > With all those scripts trying to connect to SSHd as "root", I was > wondering if it'd be OK to rename this account to eg. "homer", to act > as a first line of defense? > > Are there unknown consequences to doing something like that? > > If not, is it done by just editing /etc/password with vi, or is there > a better way? > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
Sorry, forgot to send this to the mailing list as well: Not recommended. Instead edit your sshd_config file and change the option PermitRootLogin to "no". Christian Zachariasen _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
