Allow/Disallow Root SSH Login: Difference between revisions

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PermitRootLogin Yes
PermitRootLogin Yes
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PermitRootLogin without-password
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Revision as of 02:09, 6 April 2016

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

To allow root login from SSH add the line

PermitRootLogin Yes

or

PermitRootLogin without-password

To disallow root login remove the above line or change it to

PermitRootLogin No

Then restart the SSH daemon

systemctl restart ssh