Allow password-based SSH login for root

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In your SSH, as root, run:

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sed -i "s|^PermitRootLogin .*|PermitRootLogin yes|g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sed -i "s|^#PermitRootLogin .*|PermitRootLogin yes|g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
grep 'PermitRoot' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
systemctl restart sshd
To allow root password authentication via SSH and set the root password to match the password for the admin account - run:

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v-commander 'enable-ssh-root-password-login' 'q'

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