Amazon EC2 Root login

ssh amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 jenkins

Refer to the following to set root login:

sudo -s (to become root)vi /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Delete the lines at the begining of the file until you get to the words ssh-rsa.

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Set the variable PermitRootLogin to PermitRootLogin without-password (without quotes)

sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart

ssh amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 jenkins

You need to edit file : /etc/ssh/sshd_configand restart ssh service .

If you want to login using keys change as below :
```
PermitRootLogin yesRSAAuthentication yes
```
If you want to login using password , change as below :
```
PermitRootLogin yesPasswordAuthentication yes
```

ssh amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 jenkins

edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Then restart the ssh service

/sbin/service sshd restart

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