I am not sure what a VPS is, but assuming you only have SSH login enabled, then this will do it : grep -i root /etc/ssh/sshd_config #PermitRootLogin yes and restart sshd On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Victor Subervi <victorsubervi at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi; > Can someone please remind me how to update my VPS so that I have to > authenticate first as "user" before I can su to root? > TIA, > Victor > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"