EC2-root-login-config.md

Config root login for server

1. add ssh public key to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

2. Refer to the following to set root login:

sudo -s (to become root)
vi /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Delete the lines at the begining of the file until you get to the words ssh-rsa.

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Set the variable PermitRootLogin to PermitRootLogin without-password (without quotes)

sudo service sshd restart