Archive for November, 2009

Root access on Ubuntu server?

November 1, 2009

I’m in the process of setting up my very first production server using Ubuntu, and I’ve ended up spending a lot of time reading about security online.  Since I’ve always let the ops team worry about setting up environments, etc., I’ve now learned that there are a lot of different concerns to think about.

One decision in particular is bugging me right now – how to secure the root account on my new machine?  Read the rest of this entry »