RE: How to properly setup SSH Key Authentication - If you are logging into your server with root, you are doing it wrong! by street.yoga

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sysadmin · @street.yoga · Mar 9 '18

Isn't the root user locked by default in Ubuntu?

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@themarkymark · Mar 9 '18

not on most VPS/Dedicated servers.

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@street.yoga · Mar 9 '18

Right, I have set up dozens on my own, and used Mittwald lately, must have escaped my attention then, but now that you mention it, I remember that Hetzner had root logins, I still get goosebumps from that time when I was told to leave it that way :) Thanks.

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@themarkymark · Mar 9 '18

I wrote this because I notice a lot of witnesses use root with password.

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