From: Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com   
      
   On 1/21/26 04:17, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:32:29 +0000, Pancho wrote:   
   >   
   >> AIUI, modern security advice is to not have an interactive root   
   >> account, i.e. with a password.   
   >   
   > An interactive account doesn’t have to have a password.   
   >   
   > Even if you configure a root password, you can configure SSH to   
   > specifically disallow using it for remote access.   
      
   Yes, which I don't have, and was specifically trying to avoid having in   
   this instance for rsync. It is probably how most people do it in real life.   
      
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