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@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ chown -R ${MYUSER}:users /home/${MYUSER}/.ssh
> **Note** modern Debian SSH sets root login to SSH key only, this section may not be necessary
> **OVH** their cloud-init opens up password SSH and allows the user to sudo without password, see `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf` and `/etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users`
**If the above is successful** and you are capable of gaining full root privileges via the non-root SSH session using sudo, now disable root logins in SSH from the outside world for an additional security layer. The `root` account still remains usable, just not via _direct_ SSH access.
The task is to set `PermitRootLogin no` - the setting varies from one provider to another, sometimes it's already set (either yes or no), sometimes it's commented out. This small scriptlet should handle these 2 most common cases, **be careful** and investigate for yourself:
@ -81,6 +79,8 @@ systemctl restart sshd
**Test logging in again** to ensure the changes are as expected. Do not log out of the active, working SSH session as root until you've confirmed in _another_ session you can log in as your non-root user and still gain `sudo` to root.
> **OVH** their cloud-init opens up password SSH and allows the user to sudo without password, see `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf` and `/etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users`
## Server Hardening