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/etc/default/login CONSOLE=/dev/console entry has no effect on ssh root login

edited Feb 10, 2013 9:22PM in Oracle Solaris System Administration (MOSC) 3 commentsAnswered ✓
According to the Orcale Solaris 11.1 docs:-http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29015/secsys-37.html#secsys-23

ssh root access is controlled by the /etc/default/login entry
CONSOLE=/dev/console

This does not seem to be the case. It is the /etc/ssh/sshd_config entry:-
PermitRootLogin yes
or
PermitRootLogin no

which controls root logins via ssh. Strangely, this does not get a mention in this section of the Oracle docs.
I'm sure it must be in the ssh doc section, but I have not looked.

The /etc/default/login CONSOLE entry does not seem to have any effect at all in this context.

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