Subject: Re: PermitRootLogin in SSHd (WAS: Re: Telnet logins)
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/23/2001 02:00:43
>Personally, I prefer ssh crypto keys for root access.  My machines don't
>even have valid passwords for root anymore; a ssh has to be used, even from
>localhost.  Logging the keys used for becoming root would probably be a
>trivial thing to implement.

ssh logging the keys that were used *in general* would also be a good
thing.  which looks nicer?

	Aug 23 01:58:45 dukey sshd[10009]: log: RSA authentication for \
	andrew accepted.

	Aug 23 01:58:45 dukey sshd[10009]: log: RSA authentication for \
	andrew accepted with key andrew@something.

?  :)

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