This tutorial will show you how to disable the direct root login on a computer with Unix/Linux operating system.
To stop the direct root access you must edit the SSH configuration file located at '/etc/ssh/sshd_config'
Open the file with your favorite editor, for example VIM, and locate the 'Authentication' section. There set PermitRootLogin to be 'no' as in the example bellow.
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# Authentication:
#LoginGraceTime 2m
PermitRootLogin no
#StrictModes yes
#MaxAuthTries 6
Once you are ready save the file and restart the ssh service.
WARNING: DO NOT FORGET TO ALLOW DIFFERENT USER ACCESS BEFORE DENYING THE ROOT ONE!
This can easily done with this commands:
useradd newuser #creates the user
passwd newuser #set the password for the 'newuser'
If you have further questions you may ask them in our forum.
WARNING: DO NOT FORGET TO ALLOW DIFFERENT USER ACCESS BEFORE DENYING THE ROOT ONE!
This can easily done with this commands:
useradd newuser #creates the user
passwd newuser #set the password for the 'newuser'
If you have further questions you may ask them in our forum.
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