IT Infrastructure Administration: Enable root login over SSH

Saturday, 10 December 2016

As root, edit the sshd_config file in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

```
vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
```
Add a line in the Authentication section of the file that says PermitRootLogin yes. This line may already exist and be commented out with a "#". In this case, remove the "#".
```
# Authentication:  #LoginGraceTime 2m  PermitRootLogin yes  #StrictModes yes  #MaxAuthTries 6  #MaxSessions 10
```
Save the updated /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
Restart the SSH server:
```
service sshd restart
```