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How do I disabled root SSH login?

Login via SSH and edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Look to see if there is a line like

PermitRootLogin yes

If so change this to

PermitRootLogin no

If it does not exist then add it to the file

Save the file then restart SSH via

/etc/init.d/ssh* restart

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