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Solbu wrote: +</I>>>>>><i> On Sunday 12 August 2012 19:28, David Walser wrote: +</I>>>>>>><i> Through the PAM configuration for SSH shipped with the +</I>>>>>>><i> openssh-server package, root login is broken. Here's +</I>>>>>>><i> why. /etc/pam.d/sshd has: auth required pam_listfile.so +</I>>>>>>><i> item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ssh/denyusers +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>>><i> The file /etc/ssh/denyusers has "root" in it by default. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> I read somewhere some time ago that PermitRootLogin in +</I>>>>>><i> sshd_config is ignored if PAM is used. That may be the +</I>>>>>><i> reason for this. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Nope, I just tested it and that is not true. +</I>>>><i> There is an explicit comment in the configuration file: # +</I>>>><i> Depending on your PAM configuration, # PAM authentication via +</I>>>><i> ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass # the setting of +</I>>>><i> "PermitRootLogin without-password". +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> My understanding is just than some specific PAM configuration +</I>>>><i> would eventually allow root user to authenticate through a +</I>>>><i> password, instead of a key. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Regarding your original problem, feel free to commit the +</I>>>><i> relevant modifications. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Why would anyone need root login over ssh? I don't allow it on +</I>>><i> my server and it has never caused me any problems. Su to root +</I>>><i> works perfectly well and avoids the security risk, so I don't +</I>>><i> understand this thread. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Allowing login as root over ssh with a key can save things when +</I>><i> for some reason non local auth is down, like to fix the connection +</I>><i> to the ldap server (you can also create a local emergency account +</I>><i> for that usage). +</I> +OK, thanks for the answer. Looks like some more reading on this +subject is required :-) Although I do use login over ssh with keys +(as user) I don't use ldap, so I've never come across this. + +Anne + +- -- +Need KDE help? 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