I have a server where I believe I have disabled root login via ssh. I think it is done correctly, as I cannot login with root myself via ssh, but I would’ve thought that it would be reflected in /var/log/auth.log. Instead, it shows up as failed password entry. Is this intended?

What I’ve done is to uncomment the PermitRootLogin no line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Rest of the config file is left at default.

Bonus question: All login attempts by ssh seems to go over some random port (even my own successful logins). Why is this?

  • Tanoh@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 months ago

    You would need to specify the new port when using ssh (using the -p$PORT option).

    You can put a host entry for it in .ssh/config specifying the port.