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Old 03-29-2007, 10:53 PM   #1
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PermitRootLogin no - Not working!

I'm running Slackware 10.1.0. I added the line PermitRootLogin no to my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, but it does not seem to be working. I'm still able to login as root when I first connect. Anyone know what's going on? I killed the sshd process and restarted it. Thanks for any help in advanced.
 
Old 03-30-2007, 01:23 AM   #2
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Post your entire sshd_config please.
 
Old 04-01-2007, 12:28 AM   #3
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I got it working. For some reason I killed sshd process again and started it back up again. This time it worked.
 
Old 04-01-2007, 11:41 AM   #4
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I'll bet it needed to re-read the changed config file.

BTW, I found this in its man page:
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sshd rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal, SIGHUP by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g., /usr/sbin/sshd
So you probably didn't need to kill & restart.
 
  


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