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[Knute Johnson]

I think that is the default.  You need a line in the conf file:

PermitRootLogin no

knute...

>On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 22:44 -0700, Richard Crawford wrote:
>> On Tuesday 10 May 2005 22:23, jim lawrence wrote:
>> > How do you disable root ssh logins ?
>> 
>> In /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>> 
>> Uncomment this line, if it is commented out:
>> 
>> PermitRootLogin yes
>> 
>> and change it to:
>> 
>> PermitRootLogin no
>> 
>> Then restart the ssh daemon:
>> 
>> # /etc/init.d/sshd restart
>> 
>> 
>
>Hmm ...
>
>I went to disable mine, I am behind a firewall but I am trying to
>learn how to make my system more secure, and I think that my
>sshd_config the line is already commented out:
>
>#PermitRootLogin yes
>
>I just did a fresh install a few days ago and I know I have not
>changed it. Maybe there was a security update that fixed this issue?
>
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