Once upon a time, Tomas Mraz <tmraz(a)redhat.com> said:
On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 09:36 -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> said:
> > No. sshd has always been disabled on the live cd since it doesn't have a
> > root password.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to have sshd configured to either:
>
> - block root logins
This is not yet done due to the requirement to be able to install a
server remotely through vnc without a kickstart file.
> - block logins to accounts with no password
This was always the case for sshd.
Okay, so the "sshd has always been disabled on the live cd since it
doesn't have a root password" justification doesn't quite work (or does
"PermitRootLogin yes" override "PermitEmptyPasswords no"?).
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.