[TriLUG] disabling root?

[Mike Johnson]

Greg Brown [gregbrown at mindspring.com] wrote:
> Is it possible to disable the root logon from everywhere except the console? 
> I'd still like to be able to su once logged in, but I'd like to make sure 
> nobody out there just hack on in as root.

Yup.  Make sure you're only allowing remote access via ssh and change
/etc/ssh/sshd_config from PermitRootLogin yes to PermitRootLogin no.

Mike
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