Reply to post: Re: Don't allow ssh access with a password

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John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: Don't allow ssh access with a password

"definitely agree with disallowing root,"

Is that not default anyway? I'm not as au fait with the many Linux distros being a FreeBSD user, but if I want root access I have to either enable SSH root login (no, I don't do that) or log in as a user with enough privilege to su to root after a login.

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