If you want to connect to Ubuntu using Root account follow
this step.
Enable root account to remote access is not a good practice. After configure the server make sure disable the access to root account.
Enable root account to remote access is not a good practice. After configure the server make sure disable the access to root account.
- First enable the root account
$ sudo passwd root
- edit the ssh config file
$ sudo
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- change the following settings in sshd_config file
# Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin yes
StrictModes yes
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin yes
StrictModes yes
- restart the service
# sudo
service ssh restart
- Now try with Putty with the user root to connect the Ubuntu server.
- to disable root access to ssh change the sshd_config
#
Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin with-password
StrictModes yes
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin with-password
StrictModes yes
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