Enabling Root User SSH access on Plesk

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How do I enable root user SSH access on Plesk?

See my answer in http://serverfault.com/questions/189574/allow-root-login-from-one-ip-address-only/189581#189581 (Not sure it works with your specific device though) — Déjà vu, Jan 10 '11 at 15:32
That's how to achieve the result requested - but opensshd provides that config option (and most admins will make use of it) for a very good reason! If you value the security of your system, leave it as-is and use 'su' or 'sudo' — symcbean, Jan 10 '11 at 16:22
This question appears to be off-topic because it is about working with a service provider's management interface, such as cPanel. — HopelessN00b, Jan 14 '15 at 05:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '11 at 15:21

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What's the OS it's installed on? Plesk won't disable the root user on install, but it's possible that PermitRootLogin is set to no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config as is default in Ubuntu. If that's the case, you need to set it to yes and restart ssh.

answered Jan 10 '11 at 15:21

Niall Donegan

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Enabling Root User SSH access on Plesk

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