On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:19 AM, Tom Brown wrote: > how can i stop root logging into ssh ? I presume there is a setup > file somewhere? > > thanks > In addition to the suggestion on how to turn off root, you may want to also explicitly allow only certain users. AllowUsers username To even tighten it down even more. You wouldn't believe the number of attempts I get on my DSL line to login.