Allow/Disallow Root SSH Login

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vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

To allow root login from SSH add the line 

PermitRootLogin Yes

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

PermitRootLogin No

Then restart the SSH daemon 

systemctl restart ssh
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