light9
8/31/2013 - 1:14 PM

From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13272520/enable-root-log-in-in-ubuntu-server-12-04

Make sure you have set a root password (sudo su passwd) Depending how your ssh is installed, you usually need to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change "PermitRootLogin no" to "PermitRootLogin yes"