Enable SSH root login on Debian family Linux server
Posted: 2017 Oct 18, 16:15
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:
To:
And restart SSH server:
Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the following line:
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PermitRootLogin without-passwordTo:
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PermitRootLogin yes
And restart SSH server:
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/etc/init.d/ssh restart