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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: ssh new cloud instance / new user
From:       bruce <badouglas () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-10-31 3:57:34
Message-ID: CAP16ngquSq-UMRXBfnZrtRQ5KYCNkCeAdi5jHUwwGPGWs3qF4A () mail ! gmail ! com
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I prefer not to allow root to login using passwd or ssh

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 11:19 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:
>
> On 10/30/23 13:57, bruce wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Lost my old notes. Laying out how to setup test cloud instance to be
> > able to have testUserA and root
> >
> > testUserA will login/access via ssh
> > testUSerA will create private/pub key, with /home/testUserA/.ssh on
> > the CloudInstance (D1)
> >
> > ssh will allow testUserA
> > ssh will not allow root access
> >
> > root will have passwd -- passwd1 (example)
> > root will not have ssh key, (why would it need it?)
> >
> > my question..
> > testUserA will access via ssh and then can simply su root to do root things..
> >
> > or should there be an intermediate user with "sudo" rights that
> > testUserA would change to, to then do root things.
>
> Is there a reason you don't want to follow the usual practice?
> user has sudo access and root optionally has an ssh key for login.
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