Bug#865972: #865972 - same problem of false positive regarding PermitRootLogin parameter

[Jean-Marc]

Dear Maintainers,

Another similar problem hits the PermitRootLogin parameter.

The openssh-server in Debian testing / Buster (Version: 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u1) sets prohibit-password as default value for the PermitRootLogin parameter.

If not present in the sshd_config file, rkhunter considers the default value as 'yes' allowing root access using password and will generate a warning.

So, if the default value "prohibit-password" is secure enough, maybe changing this line

ALLOW_SSH_ROOT_USER=unset

can solve this.

Regards,

Jean-Marc <jean-marc at 6jf.be>
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