On 8/19/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why does FC ship openssh with sshd allowing root logins? And are
there
any plans to preempt the now routine sshd weak password hunting bots?
IIRC, the idea was that you should not end up with being locked out of
a remote system if that system's /home NFS mount was somehow screwed
up. With allowing root to log in, you could still fix a remote system
using NFS-mounted home directories.
Christian