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SSH Disabling Direct Root Login

Disabling root login will force any attempted hackers to use 2 passwords instead of only one. Making it more difficult for a hacker to break into your server.

You must have another user which is NOT root already on the box

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Search for line

PermitRootLogin yes


and change it to

PermitRootLogin no


restart sshd by typing
/etc/init.d/sshd restart
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