Enabling root access over ssh

[Adam Myrow]

Root login is permitted by default in Slackware 8.1.  I don't know what
distribution you use, but the setting is in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and is
called PermitRootLogins and is set to either yes or no.  Be sure it's not
commented out if you decide to enable root logins.  Of course, you can
always log in as yourself and then type "su -" to get to root.  The dash
makes su act more like a regular login by giving you root's environment.
Either method works.  If you were running a major server, it would be
better to disable root logins from any remote systems, thus you could
track who did what as root to some degree since every su command gets
logged.