Question
Why can't i see the "permitrootlogin" section in my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file inside my ubuntu droplet
Please i am a new user and very new to cloud server management. i added ssh key to my root user, now i want to disable root login password. i loged in again as root user, typed nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config. the file opened in nano but i can’t find the line / section from where i can change the “permitrootlogin” settings. any help will be appreciated plz.
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Hello!
Have you modified
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
in any way since spinning up your Droplet? What’s the output of the following command (which searches for any occurrences ofroot
in/etc/ssh/sshd_config
)?