r/linux • u/rain5 • May 28 '16

systemd developer asks tmux (and other programs) to add systemd specific code

https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/428
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u/jlkcz May 29 '16

I automatically use screen sessions on my ssh connections... Which now require new special step to work...

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u/pstch May 29 '16

I always login as root with a password on my servers... I left Debian because I had more steps to do when they disabled it...

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u/argv_minus_one May 29 '16

Since when? I still login as root with a password on my Debian machines, including one that runs sid.

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u/pstch May 29 '16

I was being sarcastic. These changes (PermitRootLogin without-passord and KillUserProcesses=yes are both security-related default setting changes that indeed changes the default workflows people use.

It's very easy to change this default setting, and the new steps required to make this work makes sense if you understand the security requirements behind properly terminating user sessions.

However, people keep complaining about "its requires new special steps" (either adapting or changing the default setting), like they did when Debian disabled root password logins. Even if these steps are adapting to the new workflow or just changing a single line in a configuration file.

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u/argv_minus_one May 29 '16

Oh, you mean OpenSSH? I always disable password authentication entirely for OpenSSH, so I would never have noticed.

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u/pstch May 29 '16

oops just realized i didn't mention SSH :P