Does disabling root login enhance security?

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Published on 2010-04-30T11:56:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 11:57 UTC
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I have recently found an argument against disabling a root user login in Linux at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2005-03/2878.html

I assume that, if everybody uses a public key authentication, there's no risk at losing the root password.

Is it always better to disable the root login via ssh?

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