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# 1  
Old 11-19-2007
Problems with disabling remote root login
Hello!

I'm going through security checklist for AIX 5.3 and i just can't disable remote login for root through ssh.
What i did:
- in /etc/security/user i added a line:
rlogin = false
which works fine when i try to login through telnet
- after installation of openSSH i edited sshd_config - uncommented line: PermitRootLogin yes
- restarted sshd: stopsrc -s sshd, startsrc -s sshd
- then in smit in login controls for root i deleted ALL and added /dev/console (for this i'm not sure if it's correct)

And still I'm able to login remotely as root.

What did i miss?
# 2  
Old 11-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by veccinho
Hello!

I'm going through security checklist for AIX 5.3 and i just can't disable remote login for root through ssh.
What i did:
- in /etc/security/user i added a line:
rlogin = false
which works fine when i try to login through telnet
- after installation of openSSH i edited sshd_config - uncommented line: PermitRootLogin yes
- restarted sshd: stopsrc -s sshd, startsrc -s sshd
- then in smit in login controls for root i deleted ALL and added /dev/console (for this i'm not sure if it's correct)

And still I'm able to login remotely as root.

What did i miss?
Hey, is it a typo or ... because im able to ban remote login through ssh with PermitRootLogin no.
I belive root login is granted by default (or with PermitRootLogin yes such as your case).
# 3  
Old 11-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by andryk
Hey, is it a typo or ... because im able to ban remote login through ssh with PermitRootLogin no.
I belive root login is granted by default (or with PermitRootLogin yes such as your case).
OMG!
You'll have to forgive me guys... English is not my mother language, but still I'm speaking it relatively well.
But in this case i don't know what i was thinking. Of course, i know what Permit means, but somehow i was translating it as Deny. SmilieSmilieSmilie

Of course, it works when i set it to No.
Unbelievable!

Tnx, andrykSmilie
# 4  
Old 11-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by veccinho
- after installation of openSSH i edited sshd_config - uncommented line: PermitRootLogin yes
Don't you want to change that to "no"?
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