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

December 16, 2014 6k views

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

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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
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  • 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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