Hello! How are you?
Well, for security purposes I am trying to disable access from root. I am using the line: PermitRootLogin no". Password Authentication turned off too. I am using SSH Keys.
The problem is when I access the Digital Ocean dashboard and click on reset root password. The new password is sent ok to my e-mail but I can’t access ssh root@ip again.
What should I do?
(If I change to PermitRootLogin on, I can access and recover it perfectly).
The point is recover access from clicking “reset root password” an gain access with permissions root login turned off…
Hope you understand (:
Thanks!!
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In this case you would need to login via the web console available in your DigitalOcean Cloud account area for that droplet.
Much more info can be found here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/console/
In short, however, you should be able to block SSH for root login but still be able to login as root via the console.
Hope this helps and good luck!
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