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Stroller wrote:
> I install sudo, give my user wide sudo rights and then set 
> "PermitRootLogin no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
> (Critique of this measure welcomed).

Since Hung already answered about the other problem, I'll just comment 
on this.

It's a bad idea if the machine is open to the Internet, especially since 
it's easy to simply "su -" or "sudo" as a normal user.