Another (admittedly less secure) option is to change the sshd config to read:

PermitRootLogin without-password

As stated in the sshd_config man pages, that won't allow ssh access for root 
with a password, only allowing access with a key.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Manikowski <ryan.manikowski AT 2ergo DOT com>

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:43:22 
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] ssh access


Don't login with root. Use a non-admin account and use the sudo command
to execute the backuppc rsync command. Instructions for how to do this
can be found in the documentation.

Ryan Manikowski

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Michael Cockrell wrote:
> I am in charge of a system that uses backuppc for backups and it works
> great. I have a question about ssh access though. Someone else set this up
> and when they did they changed the sshd_config to permit root logins in
> order to get it working. i don't like this. I know there is a way to permit
> root logins only through the use of a certificate but I cant recall how to
> set this up in the sshd_config. Any help would be appreciated. 
>
> Michael
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