Why shouldn't root be allowed to login via ssh?

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Published on 2010-06-17T08:41:00Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 8:43 UTC
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Hi,

why should root access be disabled for ssh? I always hear that's for security reasons. But I don't get it. What's different to login as non-root and then sudo su -? What's the preferred way to handle tasks that need privileged permissions?

Thanks

Thomas

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Why shouldn't root be allowed to login via ssh?

Posted by Thomas on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Thomas
Published on 2010-06-17T08:41:00Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 22:33 UTC
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Hi,

why should root access be disabled for ssh? I always hear that's for security reasons. But I don't get it. What's different to login as non-root and then sudo su -? What's the preferred way to handle tasks that need privileged permissions?

Thanks

Thomas

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