items tagged with ssh
SSH Disabling Direct Root Login
Written By: Administrator
Section: Internet www
Category: security
2007-07-18 21:34:27
Disabling root login will force any attempted hackers to use 2 passwords instead of only one. Making it more difficult for a hacker to break into your server.
You must have another user which is NOT root already on the box
Search for line
and change it to
restart sshd by typing
Written By: Administrator
Section: Internet www
Category: security
2007-07-18 21:34:27
Disabling root login will force any attempted hackers to use 2 passwords instead of only one. Making it more difficult for a hacker to break into your server.
You must have another user which is NOT root already on the box
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config Search for line
PermitRootLogin yes and change it to
PermitRootLogin norestart sshd by typing
/etc/init.d/sshd restartThere are 1 items tagged with ssh. You can view all our tags in the Tag Cloud
