Disabling root login on ssh?

Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net
Mon Aug 16 19:26:37 EDT 2004


First, you must restart the sshd process for that to take effect. If that
doesn't work, then your problem probably has to do with pam. Look in your
/etc/pam.d directory, in the file called sshd.
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Subject: Disabling root login on ssh?


> Hi guys,
>
> For some reason I can't get this to work, I uncommented the line in my
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config file that reads PermitRootLogin yes and changed it to
> no; however, it still allows me to login as root.
>
> What can I do to disable root login via ssh?
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
>
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