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About This Document>>     Introduction to SSH Secure Shell >>     Configuring SSH Secure Shell >>         Basic Configuration>>             Default Locations of Secure Shell Files             Generating the Host Key             Ciphers and MACs             Compression             Configuring Root Logins             Restricting User Logins         Subconfigurations >>         Configuring SSH Secure Shell for TCP Wrappers Support>>         Configuring SSH2 for SSH1 Compatibility         Forwarding>>     Authentication >>     Log Messages >>     Using SSH Secure Shell >>     Tool Syntax>>     Technical Specifications >>

Configuring Root Logins

If you want to permit someone to login directly to the root login account via ssh, you can define three methods of control in the sshd2_config file:

        PermitRootLogin         no

This will disable all root logins. To enable root logins with any authentication method, use the following setting:

  
        PermitRootLogin         yes

You can limit the authentication methods by using the following setting:

  
        PermitRootLogin         nopwd

This allows root logins only when an authentication method other than password is used.

It is also possible to create a separate subconfiguration file for root. See Section Subconfigurations for more information.