This is not an oversight. This behavior occurs in most/all UNIX operating systems. If
you wish to disable this, set
PermitRootLogin no in sshd_config
Todd
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 02:08:23PM -0400, Billy Kim wrote:
> Is anybody aware that ssh does not obey settings in /etc/default/login?
>
> On Solaris, in /etc/default/login, setting CONSOLE=/dev/console prevents
> users from using telnet and rsh to login as root. I noticed that ssh
> doesn't care and still allows root to login in.
>
> Is this an oversight? Or are we to assume that ssh is so secure that
> it's OK to do this?
>
> thanks
> -Billy Kim
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