[NCLUG] Display variables

Matt Taggart matt at lackof.org
Sun Dec 17 13:43:52 MST 2000


Neil Doane writes...

> Another easy way around this is to simply ssh root at localhost, (or ssh -X
> root at localhost if you use OpenSSH).  This will also forward your X11 display
> info automatically.

Debian (which uses OpenSSH) by default has "PermitRootLogin no" set in 
/etc/ssh/sshd_config which prevents this. This is consistant with not allowing 
root logins across the network. There might be a way to turn it on only for 
localhost. I don't know what Red Hat does.

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Matt Taggart
matt at lackof.org





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