SSH as Root

[mister_monitor]

I have Nagios XI installed on Debian version 9. I know it goes against best practices but when I ssh into my XI machine I’d like to be able to log in as root. Does anybody know what I need to do to make that possible?

[gormank]

sudo grep -i root /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v ^#
PermitRootLogin no

[kvang]

Hi mister_monitor,

I think gormank intended to say

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PermitRootLogin yes

Also be sure to restart your ssh service.

If you have any other questions feel free to reach out!

Thanks!

[ssunga]

To restart:

systemctl restart sshd

[kvang]

I will be locking this topic! If you have further questions please start a new thread.

Thanks!