Answer by xordspar0 for How to allow ssh to root user only from the local...
A different strategy could be to leave PermitRootLogin set to no for all addresses, but allow a different user to log in and use sudo. One benefit of doing this is that you can limit what that user...
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The Match address method was already mentioned, but you can also restrict the users (or groups) that are allowed to login onto a system. For instance, to limit logins to the user itai (from anywhere)...
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Use the Match config parameter in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: # general configPermitRootLogin no # the following overrides the general config when conditions are met. Match Address 192.168.0.*...
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I've installed Google-Authenticator on a CentOS 6.5 machine and configured certain users to provide OTP.While editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config I saw a directive "PermitRootLogin" which is commented out by...
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