How to use the PermitRootLogin no ?

karl29 · 04-20-2014, 12:25 PM

Hi,
I have a VPS, and I login as root to update the system.
I do use the key also, but wanted to disable the root user.

The thing is that the only user permitted to ssh is root. All the other accounts are not permitted.

So, if I disable root, how can I sudo if there isn't any other user account allowed to ssh?

schneidz · 04-20-2014, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by karl29

Hi,
I have a VPS, and I login as root to update the system.
I do use the key also, but wanted to disable the root user.

The thing is that the only user permitted to ssh is root. All the other accounts are not permitted.

So, if I disable root, how can I sudo if there isn't any other user account allowed to ssh?

seems backward. by default i think most distros disable root remote login so that normal users would have to use sudo to do anything dangerous.

karl29 · 04-20-2014, 12:54 PM

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

In my case I have the root user which has ssh permission and also to login to WHM

Then I have more accounts limited to cpanel only. With no ssh.

If I disable ssh for root, can I enable ssh for any other user (example name: matsite) and then if I want to update the system, I can sudo from matsite and will be able to update?

schneidz · 04-20-2014, 04:57 PM

the sshd_config file has a directive called allowusers.

i wasnt gonna post this part so not to sound sarcastic but the stupid thing to do would be disable root login first without allowing anyone else to login. which would be like locking yourself out of your house.