Disable ssh root access – Debian / Ubuntu

Posted on December 19th, 2007 by linux

Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config if find entry similar to this:

PermitRootLogin yes

and change it to:

PermitRootLogin no

then restart your sshd service with:

/etc/init.d/ssh restart

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