Ubuntu sshd config file

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Hello,

I am trying to understand ubuntu sshd config file and in there i found “PermitRootLogin is set as without-password”. Does is set as default on ubuntu or somebody changes this to without-password.

Thank you

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sravan199411@gmail.com wrote:

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Hello,

I am trying to understand ubuntu sshd config file and in there i found
"PermitRootLogin is set as without-password". Does is set as default on
ubuntu or somebody changes this to without-password.

It means that you can login to root via ssh using key authentication
which is more secure than password authentication. The system is set
up by default so that there *isn't* a root password so you can't log
in to root using a password anyway (directly or via ssh).