Re: [cobalt-users] Allowing default root SSH login

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 April 2003 09:44 am, Pizza Box manager wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> We are currently installing our existing sites on a RAQ550r, thanks to
> those who helped about the migration / CMU question.
> My problem now is that the Cobalt with this host provider does not seem to
> allow login as root directly.
> The best thing is the provider just told us that have no clue about how
> this works and how to enable login as root on SSH.
> I know it's advised to login as admin and su to root - (do not really know
> why though as we always do so in SSH and other providers we have let us use
> a root login by default), but I need a direct root login in SSH for tools
> like RSync apparently ?
> Does anybody know how to either enable root login in SSH on a Cobalt 550,
> or how to login as admin as SU to root in the RSync command line ?
> Else I guess we could RSync from the target to the source instead of the
> usual procedure - launch from source and SSH to target as root ?
>
> Can anybody advise on the procedure ?
> Thanks for your time.
>

Under /etc/ssh directory, file sshd_config, parameter
sshd_config:#PermitRootLogin yes

Uncomment/change to yes vice no or false

Would "highly" recommend that if you do this, you also implement some form of 
ssh checking (hosts.allow/hosts.deny) for ssh to restrict access to selected 
IP/hosts.

Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad@xxxxxxxxx