You can edit sshd_config, find PermitRootLogin yes and replace yes to no. Like this: PermitRootLogin no This is disallow root for directly login from ssh. -DS- -----Original Message----- From: Susan Day <suzieprogrammer at gmail.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:11:17 To: CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> Subject: [CentOS] Signing In Other than Root _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos