Hey i am kind of new to digitalocean and PUTTY.
so i want to ask how do i enable ROOT?
i dont know how to access /etc/ssh/sshd_config
can somebody help
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This article describes how you would use Putty, a common Windows SSH client, to access your Linux virtual private server:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-log-into-a-vps-with-putty-windows-users
I’d also recommend these two articles for getting up to speed with the Linux environment and working with text files on the command line:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-the-linux-terminal
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/basic-linux-navigation-and-file-management
Hope that helps!
thanks for the answer
but it still dont answer my question “how to enable root login” i dont know how to do it? I dont know how to get access to it and the article didnt help me
it just said login as root but i cant because its denied and i dont know how to enable it. i dont know how to get access to the console to enable ROOT
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