Set password root dan enable SSH root

 

Set password root dan enable SSH root

Set Root Password

By default Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver installation comes with unset root password. To set root password open up terminal and execute the following linux command. When prompted enter your current user password and new root password:

$ sudo passwd
[sudo] password for linuxconfig: 
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully

Enable SSH root login

By default SSH root login is disabled. Any attempt to ssh as root user will result in the following error message:

$ ssh root@10.1.1.9
root@10.1.1.9's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
root@10.1.1.9's password:

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The next command will configure SSH server to allow root ssh login:

$ sudo sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Restart SSH server to apply changes:

$ sudo service ssh restart