disable root login with ssh
 

how can i disable root to login with ssh, i cant find anything in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

-ole

Add:
PermitRootLogin no

You can also specify users with
AllowUsers user1 user2

You might also be interested to have a look at:

http://www.edafe.org/slackware/index...authentication

Regards,
Edafe

Absolutely check out that link. Always use public key authentication if you have an SSH server on the Internet. It's much more secure.

It can also be convienent. I keep a copy of PuTTY along with all my keys on an encrypted portion of my USB drive. The keys are also protected by a passphrase, the extra encryption is just for my peace of mind. I can SSH into my computers from anywhere on the Internet.

If you do use public key authentication, it's critical that you disable password authentication in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config to have the line: Just don't do that until after you have made sure your keys work.