How (and Why) to Disable Root Login Over SSH

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Learn how to:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Understand why to disable root login over SSH
1:49 How to create a new administrator account
2:50 Make changes to SSH login policy
3:58 Verify new policy

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## Commands used ##
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# ssh
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# Create an administrator user
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adduser newaccountusername
passwd newaccountusername
RHEL based: usermod -aG wheel newaccountusername
Debian based: usermod -aG sudo newaccountusername

# Edit SSH Policy
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nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change the line 'PermitRootLogin yes' to 'PermitRootLogin no'

# Restart SSH Service to use new policy
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sudo systemctl restart sshd

[taichigoodness]

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[nerdlearn]

Video Time Codes (Click them to skip to that part of the video)
Learn how to:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Understand why to disable root login over SSH
1:49 How to create a new administrator account
2:50 Make changes to SSH login policy
3:58 Verify new policy

[durschfalltv]

realistically just use certifcates. and dont give other permission to root login.