Though it is always possible to login in your server using username and password, but you always remain vulnerable to brute force attack. You will always feel that someone may break your password and get privileged access to your server. Are there any better ways to make your server access more secure? The answer is positive. You can make your server access more secure by generating SSH key pair. [Read more…]
How to Disable Root Login Via SSH in Linux
Having the option of logging in to your server with SSH is essential for some web administrators, but logging in your server with root credentials via SSH is always unsafe. By the word root credentials, I mean that you should not remotely login with your server with root user name, rather use a less privileged user to login to your server and then use the “su” command to login as a root user.
So, the purpose of this post is to show you:
- How to disable SSH with root username?
- How to enable a normal user to login with SSH?
- How to use root username after login with less privilege user name?
