kazulog@sv1:~$ sudo sshd -T | grep -i permitrootlogin permitrootlogin prohibit-password kazulog@sv1:~$ ssh root@localhost whoami root kazulog@sv1:~$ printf 'PasswordAuthentication no\nPermitRootLogin no\n' | sudo tee /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-hardening.conf PasswordAuthentication no PermitRootLogin no kazulog@sv1:~$ sudo sshd -t && sudo systemctl reload ssh kazulog@sv1:~$ sudo sshd -T | grep -i permitrootlogin permitrootlogin no kazulog@sv1:~$ ssh root@localhost whoami root@localhost: Permission denied (publickey). kazulog@sv1:~$ sudo journalctl -u ssh --no-pager --since '1 min ago' | grep -i root | tail -2 Sep 10 14:53:01 sv1 sshd-session[6335]: ROOT LOGIN REFUSED FROM ::1 port 36434 [preauth] Sep 10 14:53:01 sv1 sshd-session[6335]: Connection closed by authenticating user root ::1 port 36434 [preauth]