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Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] URGENT: Cannot su - while being admin
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] URGENT: Cannot su - while being admin
- From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Jan 8 21:11:07 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 05:04, Jay Summers wrote:
> > And to link this with gsh's answer, is there a way to forbid root to
> > telnet/ssh ? (besides writing it in the law/constitution...)
>
> It should be in your /etc/sshd_config
>
> PermitRootLogin no
... or better yet, do what the BSD world does and only allow users that
are members of a certain group to su. Unless you're a member of the
"wheel" group, you get a message telling you that you've not got
permission.
- andrew
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