Sometimes for any reason you want to enable root ssh using any SSH Client such as putty and only the administrator can login to do this follow the below steps :-
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Osama Mustafa
- vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- search for line as follow :-
- PermitRootLogin yes and change it to --> PermitRootLogin no
- Search for the following lines as well :-
- DenyUsers root user2 user3
- Remove the root from Deny User
- DenyUsers user2 user3
- /etc/init.d/sshd restart
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
If you want to disable the SSH login for root just keep everything like the above.
Cheers
Osama Mustafa