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Old 12-06-2003, 12:03 AM  
fuzebox
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Originally posted by toddler


you ssh as root?

Yep. Scary, isn't it? 80 production servers, no user accounts, PermitRootLogin = yes

FWIW, only a certain IP block can ssh to those hosts, and the only time we do is to do superuser functions anyway. I see no need to go and create 80 accounts who's sole functions will be to run "su".

Having a non-privileged user account will provide no extra layer of security.
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