Re: Re[2]: publickey/password login

From: Julien Gremillot (julien.gremillot_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/20/05

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    Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:18:43 +0000
To: Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk>

    2005/4/19, Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk>:
    >> You could put an invalid character in root's password field
    (disabling password logins)
    >> like * or !. Then you could install public keys in
    .ssh/authorized_keys. Make sure
    >> PermitRootLogin is enabled. That is how I've done that exact thing
    in the past.
    >
    > if he would do so, he won't be able to log in as root from local
    > console anymore, so this isn't the best way how to do so.

    He would sure be able to log in as root from local console, using ssh
    and keys, but I agree this is not a clean way to achieve the goal :) 

    -- 
Julien Gremillot
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