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By itamar () itamarst@yahoo.com on mailto:itamarst@yahoo.com
In other words, you can use ssh to discover root's password (using brute force methods, of course) even if sshd is set to deny root:
[itamar@Mercedes itamar]$ ssh root@1.1.1.1
root@1.1.1.1's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@1.1.1.1's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@1.1.1.1's password:
Permission denied.
and now with the correct password:
[itamar@Mercedes itamar]$ ssh root@1.1.1.1
root@1.1.1.1's password:
Received disconnect: ROOT LOGIN REFUSED FROM 2.2.2.2
No idea if it was fixed in 1.2.3 / 1.2.2p1, but I was mailed a patch.
By feck () wh0rde@home.com on http://reet.stupidphat.com
this explains everything, feck! this has already been posted? feck again.