Wednesday, June 4, 2008

enable root ESX

How to Enable root (SSHD) change to “yes” PermitRootLogin setting in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file using nano… or using VI ( good luck with that option..).


log into ESX console as root

cd /

cd /etc/ssh

nano sshd_config file

change PermitRootLogin to yes.

ctrl-x and save the changes

then restart SSHD deamon using following command:

service sshd restart

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