Todd Fleisher wrote:

> It's a simple configuration variable set in $ETCDIR/sshd_config
>         PermitRootLogin no
> This will disable root's ability to login directly. However, it will also prevent 
>people from running remote commands as root. It's all or nothing.

That's what I was afraid of.  Anyone know of a way so that it is not all or nothing??

>
>
> Todd
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 02:17:57PM +0000, Jesse W. Asher wrote:
> >
> > We are running ssh1 on Solaris 2.5/2.6 with no RSA authentication - just
> > the connection is encrypted.  I'd like to set it up so that root can run
> > a command on the remote system via rsh, but direct root  logins aren't
> > allowed.  Solaris allows this feature normally by setting the
> > CONSOLE variable in /etc/default/login, but now that we're using ssh,
> > root can log in directly no matter what I do.  I've tried to get
> > /bin/login to be used hoping that it would consult /etc/default/login,
> > but it doesn't seem to make any difference.  I ran configure with the
> > --with-login option and have UseLogin in the /etc/sshd_config file, but
> > no progress.
> >
> > The reason for this is that we don't need super authentication, but we
> > would like admins to log into the server as themselves and then su to
> > root to get root privs.  This was we can keep better track of who is
> > doing what to systems.
> >
> > Any ideas on this matter would be appreciated...
> >
> >
> > --
> >       Jesse W. Asher      Paradyne Corporation       (727)530-8241
> >
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>
> --
> Todd Fleisher
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