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How to disable root access in CentOS?
It is not advisable to use your root account regularly as such, we recommend you disable root access but not before you learn how to create a user account with root privileges. Read the tutorial: How to create a user with root privilege.
Step 1 – Login into your web server via SSH.
Step 2 – Open the main SSH configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config by running the following command:
[user@server ~]$ vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Step 3 – Search for the following line in the file:
# PermitRootLogin no |
Step 4 – Remove the ‘#‘ from the line to resemble below:
PermitRootLogin no |
Step 5 – Restart the SSH daemon service by running the command below:
[user@server ~]$ /etc/init.d/sshd restart
You are now unable to login to your root account and will see the “Access Denied” error message when you attempt to login; login with the newly created user account instead.