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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Hi,
Root login over ssh can be enabled by the doing following steps,
Login as a root user. use any text editor, here i am using vim editor.
#vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
uncomment the line below line
PermitRootLogin yes
Then restart the sshd service. That’s it. Let me know if you face any issues.
What happens when you can’t login using console either? This is literally a brand new droplet. No password was emailed initially so I reset root password from the access tab and received a new password via email. That password just displays as invalid login when attempting to login as @root from console.
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