2016-07-17

Enable root user password login on AMAZON AWS EC2 Ubuntu

Keyword:
  • Enable root user password login on AMAZON AWS EC2 Ubuntu
  • Enable root login on AWS UBUNTU VPS
 
Create a password for the root user:
     sudo passwd root

Edit your SSHd config to allow password based logins:
     sudo nano -w /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Add the following line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
     PasswordAuthentication yes

Copy your authorized SSH keys if you want to log in via keys as well:
     sudo mkdir /root/.ssh
     sudo cp /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys /root/.ssh/

Reload your SSHd config:
     sudo reload ssh
     or
     sudo service ssh restart

Now you can login as root!

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