AIX remote root logins

[Ben Lindstrom]

Send a patch.. I'll add it to the AIX queue.

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Darren Tucker wrote:

> Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Darren Tucker wrote:
> > This kinda touches on another question that was brough up for AIX and a
> > few other platforms.  Is is valid to allow sshd to run as a non-root
> > user?
>
> Well it's potentially useful... eg could run a non-root sshd in a chroot
> to permit key-authenticated portforwards only (ok, this is a contrived
> example, but you get the idea).
>
> In accordance with the Unix philosophy I don't think you should stop
> people doing dumb things if it also stops them doing useful things.
>
> If it bugs someone they can "chmod 500 sshd".
>
> > I'm skimming around in the code, and there is presidence for this type of
> > change.  Is this the only thing tripping OpenSSH from running the as
> > non-root for AIX for regression?
>
> Yes.
>
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