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0 pointsspott1mo ago0 comments

Does ssh need to allow root logins?

Sshing as a regular user and then sudo to root works 95% of the time…

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How does SSH become an arbitrary user without effective root?

SSH should not become a different user; it should call something like `/bin/login` which uses PAM for authentication and is capable of starting user sessions.

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0 pointsspott1mo ago0 comments

Does ssh need to allow root logins?

Sshing as a regular user and then sudo to root works 95% of the time…

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jmb991mo ago

How does SSH become an arbitrary user without effective root?

nine_k1mo ago

SSH should not become a different user; it should call something like `/bin/login` which uses PAM for authentication and is capable of starting user sessions.

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