Tuesday, November 4, 2014

How to be a ssh root user for Ubuntu.

How to be a ssh root user for Ubuntu.


First log in at a user:

login as: nixproo
nixpro@202.53.1**.1**'s password: ******

noxproo@ubuntu:/$ sudo su          //logged in by root user
[sudo] password for nixpro: ****** //Provide the root password



root@ubuntu:/# sudo -i
root@ubuntu:~# sudo passwd root


Enter new UNIX password: ******
Retype new UNIX password:******

passwd: password updated successfully

root@ubuntu:~# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

 28 ## PermitRootLogin without-password //Comment this line
 29 PermitRootLogin yes        // Set PermitRootLogin no to yes
 30 StrictModes yes


root@ubuntu:~# sudo service ssh restart

ssh stop/waiting
ssh start/running, process *****



Use putty or other ssh client and log-in as a root user.

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