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Disable Root SSH on Rocky Linux VPS

Category: Security

Block root SSH—a security measure—on a Rocky Linux VPS—edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

PermitRootLogin no

restart:

systemctl restart sshd

On DigitalOcean test with

ssh root@ip

—expect failure Enhances hosting security