From a00c9be8e7cd87ab58e75dc59d91400aeb4089a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tai Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 15:22:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- initial ubuntu setup/README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/initial ubuntu setup/README.md b/initial ubuntu setup/README.md index 2081ae7..27db693 100644 --- a/initial ubuntu setup/README.md +++ b/initial ubuntu setup/README.md @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ If you'd like to learn how to create an SSH key do so [here](https://github.com/ sudo sed --in-place 's/^PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sudo sed --in-place 's/#PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config ``` -This disables root login. If you need to be a root user, first login as **sammy**, your username. Then use the command below to be a root user. +Using two sed commands above is the short way to disable root login. To disable it manually you can just do `sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config` find a line called PermitRootLogin modify it. Then find a line called PasswordAuthentication and modify it as well. + +If you need to be a root user, first login as **sammy**, your username. Then use the command below to be a root user. ``` sudo su ```