On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Max Hetrick <maxhetrick@verizon.net> wrote:
Susan Day wrote:
> Hi;
> How do I make it so that it's impossible to SSH into the server directly
> as root? That is, make it necessary to SSH in as an ordinary user and
> then su to root?
> TIA,
> Suzie

# vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Uncomment the following line:

#PermitRootLogin yes
PermitRootLogin no

# service sshd restart

Thanks!
Suzie