Re: [j-nsp] On the Junipers you can ssh as root.

From: Russell Briggs (russb@tch.org)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2001 - 16:01:22 EST


        I'd imagine that if anyone actually did what you suggested,
        then sshd wouldn't even start...It probably requires more
        in the config file than just "PermitRootLogin no". Please
        recheck your syntax before posting.

        /rmb

On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:07:23PM -0500, Adam Rothschild said:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 12:45:01PM -0500, Daniel Golding wrote:
> > There are very good reasons to NOT have this ability (or to make it
> > a knob that can be turned on or off).
>
> I'd imagine people wanting to disable root ssh logins now could do
> something like:
>
> start sh
> su
> echo PermitRootLogin no > /etc/sshd_conf
>
> ...and then start/restart sshd. And if that fails, replace the stock
> sshd binary with one that does support this functionality. Granted,
> doing so _may_ void warranty, but I'm sure JNPR has more pressing
> feature requests than this to deal with.
>
> -adam



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