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Ian Chilvers
Asked: 2015-11-05 04:03:30 +0800 CST

Enable root to console login only and restrict ssh login for root only

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I want to enable root login at the console only, and disable root login via SSH.

However other users can still SSH to the server (Ubuntu 14) and even sudo if there part of the sudoers group.

I have the sudo bit sorted, just not sure how to restrict root to console login only.

Many thanks

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, set PermitRootLogin to 

     PermitRootLogin no

    and restart the sshd daemon: 

    service ssh restart
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  2. Add this to /etc/ssh/sshd_config

    PermitRootLogin no
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