1 Topic by Jenny1
  • Jenny1
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Hi,

I received this email from watchdog@myvps - have I done something wrong, do I need to worry about this? Help!


> Note: It is recommended that you re-run security scanning on the machine
> via Plesk control panel before you make any changes to the machine
> configuration.
>
> Security scanning generated the following warnings (the full scanning log
> is available at /var/log/rkhunter.log):
>
> [02:00:05] ---------------------------- System checks ----------------------------
> [02:00:05] Warning: This operating system is not fully supported!
> [02:00:38] ------------------------- Security advisories -------------------------
> [02:00:38] Warning: root login possible. Change for your safety the 'PermitRootLogin'"

2 Reply by NuBlue-Marcie
  • NuBlue-Marcie
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Hi Jenny,

This is nothing to be worrried about. It's a weekly security report, that normally comes to us not you.  Regarding the particular entries, they are standard, though it's up to you whether you want to enable or disable root shell access (the permitRootLogin it's talking about). Hope that explains things.


If you want to discuss this further please don't hesitate to get in contact again.

Kind Regards,

Marcie x