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About This Document >>     Installing SSH Tectia Server >>     Getting Started >>     Configuration >>         Configuration Files >>         Subconfigurations >>         Enabling FIPS Mode         Ciphers and MACs         Compression         Configuring Root Logins         Restricting User Logins         Subsystems         Configuring ssh2 for ssh1 Compatibility         Auditing >>         Securing SSH Tectia Client and Server >>     Authentication >>     Application Tunneling >>     Troubleshooting >>     Man Pages     Advanced Options >>     Log Messages >>

Configuring Root Logins

If you want to give someone permission to login directly to the root login account via Secure Shell, you can define three methods of control in the sshd2_config file:

PermitRootLogin no

This will disable all logins with root privileges. 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.