On Wed, 22 May 2002, Shawn Fertch wrote: > 1) Prevent root from logging in directly from an SSH connection. > I'm assuming this might be possible via the hosts.deny as well as the > hosts.allow? If I set the securetty, I believe that only prevents > telnet only if console is set. Or, at least on HP's that's been my > experience. Preferably, I'd like to have a regular user log in, then > su if need be. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config; it's an option in that file. > 2) I want to run cronjobs that do scp copies to backup remote files > on other servers. However, I'm not sure how to do this. Whenever I > run scp, I get prompted for a password. I'm assuming that by default, > my scripts will run into this issue as well. Look at the openssh documentation for DSA authentication. > Could anyone point me to a place that might have documentation on > this? I believe that I will also need to upgrade my OpenSSH as there > is a vulnerability in this version. Unfortunately, I can't seem to > connect to Slack's ftp site. Anyone have any luck getting there? Correct; you'll want to go to the newest 3.0. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500