Instructions on how to enable root user in a newly installed Ubuntu server.<\/strong><\/p>\n The root user in Ubuntu is disabled by default because the password is not set.<\/p>\n To enable root user:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Set root password<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. Enable root login for OpenSSH<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. Restarting OpenSSH<\/strong><\/p>\ncustomer@ubuntu:~$ sudo passwd root\r\nEnter new UNIX password: # set password\r\nRetype new UNIX password: # confirm password\r\npasswd: password updated successfully\r\ncustomer@ubuntu:~$ su -\r\nPassword: # enter root password\r\nroot@ubuntu:~$<\/a><\/code><\/pre>\n
\n2. Limit users to switch to root<\/strong><\/p>\nroot@ubuntu:~$ vi \/etc\/pam.d\/su\r\n(Find line): #auth required pam_wheel.so\r\n\r\n(Change to): auth required pam_wheel.so group=adm\r\n\r\nroot@ubuntu:~$ usermod -G adm customer<\/code><\/pre>\nroot@ubuntu:~$ vi \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config\r\n(Find line): #PermitRootLogin no\r\n\r\n(Change to): PermitRootLogin yes\r\n\r\n(Find line): #PasswordAuthentication no\r\n\r\n(Change to): PasswordAuthentication yes<\/code><\/pre>\nroot@ubuntu:~$ \/etc\/init.d\/ssh restart\r\nroot@ubuntu:~$ \/etc\/init.d\/ssh status\r\nNotes:\r\n\r\nRed text = input commands\r\n\r\ncustomer@ubuntu:~$ = example of what may appear on screen depending on hostname assigned etc.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[247],"manual_kb_tag":[313],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2489\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}