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How can I disable SSH login for a root user? (I am the account owner)

December 16, 2014 6.6k

How can I disable SSH login for a root user? (I am the account owner)

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minhazav January 30, 2016
Add a line to your ssh config file: /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no

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kamaln7 MOD December 16, 2014

You can disable root SSH login by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config, setting PermitRootLogin to no, and then restarting ssh:

sudo service ssh restart

Jtowsk December 16, 2014

Thanks but I need to disable SSH for ONE root user, not all.
kamaln7 MOD December 16, 2014
There is only one root user a typical linux system. If you want to disable SSH access for a specific user, add the following line to sshd_config and restart SSH:

DenyUsers user1 user2 ...

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