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Old 12-01-2017, 12:57 AM   #1
vkirov
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Having trouble enabling root ssh access

Hi,

i`m kind of a newbie in linux, but i reinstalled from scratch my debian server with version 9 and i enabled the root ssh access in sshd_config, but i still get access denied when i try to connect.
 
Old 12-01-2017, 06:51 AM   #2
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try to ssh with -v and also check logs (of sshd)
 
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In addition, when you changed the sshd_config file did you restart the ssh server?
 
  


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