Enable SSH root login on Debian family Linux server

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To enable SSH login for a root user on Debian Linux system you need to change SSH server settings.
Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the following line:

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PermitRootLogin without-password

To:

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PermitRootLogin yes


And restart SSH server:

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/etc/init.d/ssh restart