SSH

[Joe J_1]

Hello,

Our environment has root and operator with a UID 0. When I "PermitRootLogin no" i am unable to login with either account.

I want to be able to login with the operator account. Does SSH block root logons by UID??

Thanks
Joe

[Geoff Wild]

Yes - and why would you create an operator id with uid 0???? That just makes them root....

Rgds...Geoff

[Joe J_1]

It's a long story, and not worth explaining.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Secure Shell works by UID.

As do many other functions.

It is okay however to permit secure shell use with the root account. Passwords are encrypted and if you exchange public keys risk is quite low.

Attaching a doc that elaborates.

SEP

[S.K. Chan]

This is the expected bahavior when you set
PermitRootLogin no
http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Configuring_Root_Logins.html

[S.K. Chan]

This is the expected bahavior when you set
PermitRootLogin no
http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Configuring_Root_Logins.html

[S.K. Chan]

This is the expected bahavior when you set
PermitRootLogin no
http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Configuring_Root_Logins.html

[S.K. Chan]

This is the expected bahavior when you set
PermitRootLogin no
http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Configuring_Root_Logins.html