Q. Previous admin blocked root access to ssh server. How do I allow root account access to ssh server?
A. Allowing direct root access over ssh is a security risk. However following steps will allow you to login as root over ssh session:
Open sshd_config file:
# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find out line that read as follows:
PermitRootLogin no
Set it as follows:
PermitRootLogin yes
Find out line that read as follows (this line may not exists in your configuration):
DenyUsers root user2 user3
Set is as follows:
DenyUsers user2 user3
Save and close the file. Restart the sshd:
# /etc/init.d/ssh restart
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- Last Updated: 01/27/07
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Your command for sshd is incorrect – should be:
# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
You were missing the “d” for sshd
Mika,
It can be ssh or sshd – it depends upon your Linux distro. Redhat/CentOS/FC use sshd and ssh used by Debian or Ubuntu and so on..
HTH
Most people would be wanting to know how to enable this, to secure their boxes. Perhaps the unknown asker doesn’t know how to use sudo or su properly so that you can log in remotely via a safe, unprivileged user account and then, once the connection is secure, issue privileged commands or switch to a privileged account? Or perhaps s/he wishes to have unrestricted access to the computer with no tracking of who issued what commands?
just do a ” svcadm restart ssh”