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From: "Ed Henderson" <Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net>
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Subject: PermitRootLogin ?
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:46:23 -0400
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The only way for me to get root to execute remote commands on another machine is to set PermitRootLogin to "yes" in sshd_config.  "forced-commands-only" doesn't work or at least the way I expect it to.  I expect it to not require a password if you are issuing commands. Any tips?

Thanks,
Ed.