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    I didn't know you were supposed to disable root user... (linux.community)
    submitted 6 months ago by Tablaste@linux.community to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Background: 15 years of experience in software and apparently spoiled because it was already set up correctly.

    Been practicing doing my own servers, published a test site and 24 hours later, root was compromised.

    Rolled back to the backup before I made it public and now I have a security checklist.

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    [–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Although disabling the root user is a good part of security, leaving it enabled should not alone cause you to get compromised. If it did, you were either running a very old version of OpenSSH with a known flaw, or, your chosen root password was very simple.

    [–] Tablaste@linux.community 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    The latter. It was autogenerated by the VPS hosting service and I didn't think about it.

    [–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    It should be a serious red flag that your VPS host is generating root passwords simple enough to get quickly hacked.

    [–] Tablaste@linux.community 4 points 6 months ago

    I'm pretty sure they assumed if you bought their service, you have the competency to properly set it up.

    And I proved them wrong.

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