Comments on: How To Disable Direct Root Access/Login In Ubuntu [Linux Tip] http://techie-buzz.com/foss/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html Know your technology head on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Change Default SSH Port | Ubuntu « darryn van tonderhttp://techie-buzz.com/foss/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-796677 Change Default SSH Port | Ubuntu « darryn van tonder Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:39:24 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html#comment-796677 [...] their servers and ensure all the updates are up and running. We talked about securing a system by disabling direct root access/login for a Linux based system, but we would like to continue it by helping you know, how you can make [...] [...] their servers and ensure all the updates are up and running. We talked about securing a system by disabling direct root access/login for a Linux based system, but we would like to continue it by helping you know, how you can make [...]

]]> By: LinuxAdmhttp://techie-buzz.com/foss/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-31416 LinuxAdm Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html#comment-31416 While taking that trouble, if you are going to use sudo as a way to change the superusers name, just edit the /etc/passwd and change root name to whatever you want or create a user with uid 0 and belonging to the group gid 0....It's not a good idea to have multiple superusers using sudo. While taking that trouble, if you are going to use sudo as a way to change the superusers name, just edit the /etc/passwd and change root name to whatever you want or create a user with uid 0 and belonging to the group gid 0….

It’s not a good idea to have multiple superusers using sudo.

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