----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:34
PM
Subject: Access blocked for uid below
10?
ERR[AUTH] Access is blocked for UIDs below 10
It's clear, for me, what
it means (root is, obviusly, UID 0)
but I'm very surprised 'cause nowhere in the manual nor
in the FAQ I've seen anythig about this behaviour.
How can I
circunvent/resolve the "problem"?
TIA
Dunno who put it there, but it's a good policy. :) I wrote my own version
of poppasd once, to do just that: disallowing checking UID < 1000. Below 10
is even mild; I would set the marker much higher (at 1000, for instance, where
FreeBSD starts numbering "regular" users).
Make it a habit of not logging in, remote, as "root" anyway --
whether possible or not. I have mail for "root" be copied to a regular user,
which I check from a remote site. But never "root" directly. Just as I
disabled root-login for SSHD. I telnet in over the secure SSH shell, and then
su to root from there. Same goes for FTP: never FTP as root.
My advice? Do not try and circumvent these measures; they are sane
and installed for a good reason. Make those reasons your own.
Regards,
- Mark
System Administrator
Asarian-host.org
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