> I saw repeated login failures for common userid's, including root. > Fortunately, I did not have a weak root password or my systems would have > been hacked. > > To thwart the attempts, I changed my sshd configuration to not allow ssh > via passwords at all. To do so, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the line > "PasswordAuthentication no".
Another thing you ought to consider doing is restricting the users who are allowed to login via ssh, like so: /etc/ssh/sshd_config snippet: PermitRootLogin no AllowUsers $me [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or "AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] $me [EMAIL PROTECTED]", if you must) This way, if you do happen to add a "test/test" user, it won't get ssh access by default. -- "We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different!" -- Kurt Vonnegut
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