How to enable ssh root password login on centos or ubuntu

From your shell window open file path like below with your favorite text editor :

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

change the following parameter no to yes

PermitRootLogin yes
PasswordAuthentication yes

Now restart the ssh daemon following this command :

systemctl restart sshd

Now you can ssh password login remotely to your server.

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