matt. i think your missing the point of my comment.
i never said it would increase or decrease the security of the superuser account. nor did i say it was detrimental to the person installing it. what i am saying is that i dont see any real point in making the change. if you want it enabled. do so after the installation. jamie. On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:58:28PM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote: > > : > :why? > : > :from what i can tell you want the default entry changed to accomodate > :your personal installation method? > : > :i dont see a problem with PermitRootLogin no at all. its standard. > :if you want to use keys for root then change it after the installation. > : > :again. maybe im missing the point. but i dont see what your average user > :is going to gain from making a change like this. > : > :jamie. > > Huh? > > Tell me, Jamie, what effect does changing PermitRootLogin from no to > without-password have on a default installation? And why would be > detrimental to the 'average' user or reduce root security? Think about > it a bit before shoot from the hip. > > -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
