[NBLUG/talk] Root and SSH questions..

[Walter Hansen]

     Can someone explain the issues with passwords over ssh please?


> On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:44:55PM -0700, Steve Johnson wrote:
> } I run a colocated server at sonic.net, and in the past I use to tar up
>  } everything and then just scp it over to my box at home as a backup,
> this  } worked fine.  But now I want to use rsync and just mirror
> everything on  } my spare hard drive at home..  But it seems to do this
> effectivly I need  } to login into my colo as root via rsync and ssh.
> }
> } I always leave root login not allowed on my sshd_config.. So I'm  }
> wondering how bad would it be to allow root into ssh?  Am I asking for
> } problems with this?
>
>
> I'd go ahead and allow root login via ssh, but turn off passwords:
>
> # To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
> PasswordAuthentication no
>
> And only allow ssh key pairs for logging in.
>
> --
>
>    E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com
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