By leiguoyang
I have set the PermitRootLogin to no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by following the tutorial Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 14.04. Now I cannot log in as root.
How can i log in as root? Thank you.
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Once you’ve made and applied this change it will not be possible to connect to ssh as root. You have a couple options to use instead:
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Log in via SSH with the new user account you created in that tutorial and use
sudoto run commands as root orsudo suto launch a shell as root after you are logged in. -
If for any reason you are not able to log in with the new account, if you are using password authentication (instead of ssh-keys) you can log into the web console in the control panel (Droplet->Access->Console) as root. The console is not powered by SSH. Instead, your droplet sees the console as it’s local keyboard and display.
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