How to disable root login through SSH.
Before you do this make sure you have created another user in the wheel group. To disable root login through ssh, edit the following file: # /etc/ssh/sshd_config browse to the following line: PermitRootLogin yes and change to: PermitRootLogin no Save the file and restart ssh. # /etc/init.d/ssh restart If you are ssh’d into the server with root when this is done, your connection will fail on the restart of ssh.
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