[openssh-unix-dev] Functionality bug (possibly) in openssh on AIX 4.3 (fwd)

[Markus Friedl]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:59:36PM -0700, David Terrell wrote:
> > Which is why I'm not really too eager to apply.  Ignoring system policies
> > is not really the best thing.
> 
> Why not, PermitRootLogin already ignores 'insecure' markings in
> /etc/ttys on openbsd, and similar features in other operating systems.

respecting the system policy in a portable way is
hard. e.g. using /etc/login.conf on *BSD systems
will not help on Linux.

-m