[Asterisk-Users] asterisk@home scary log

[Clive Carter]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:49:23 +0000, Clive Carter
<clive.carter at sbcs.co.uk> wrote:

>> I hesitated before sending this, as I have been flamed before for being a beginner. but
>> I am newish to linux/asterisk, and I am running an ssh server. It is still running with default settings, (I dont know yet how/where to change it), and I CAN logon remotely as root.
>> (Haven't figured out how to 'su' yet !)
>> 
>> This is using the Rapid Xorcomm v 1.0 cd, which I believe (may be wrong) is based on a very recent version of Debian ?
>> Perhaps xorcom have changed the default setting ?
>> 
>
>> Hey Clive. I thought it was mentioned earlier before in the thread,
>> but if not, all you need to do is edit your sshd_config file. In
>> Debian, this is located at /etc/ssh/sshd_config, but it could be
>> different for other distros. Open that up in a text editor and then
>> locate the line that says PermitRootLogin yes, and change that to
>> PermitRootLogin no. Save it, and then restart SSH. On Debian, you type
>> in /etc/init.d/ssh restart, but on other distros it might be
>> different. Note that you'll have to be root to edit that file and
>> restart that service.
>> --
>> Dana

Thanks for that. I did not see it before, and I was afraid to ask in case I got jumped on again !

Thanks again


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