Re: tlug: OpenSSH

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 08:03:05AM -0500, Subba Rao wrote:

> (0)root@example.com:~ => ssh-add      
> Need passphrase for /root/.ssh/identity
> Enter passphrase for root@example.com: 
> Identity added: /root/.ssh/identity (root@example.com)

Don't do this.  It is bad to ssh into a root account, especially using
non-/etc/passwd authentication.

I'll be willing to bet that Theo feels the same way, and actually disabled
root ssh functionality.  I expect that it works fine ssh'ing to a normal
user account.

-- Chris
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