On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 2:27 AM Roger Price <deb...@rogerprice.org> wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2023, Intense Red wrote: > > > Are you trying to ssh into the box as the root user? > > I do not ssh into remote boxes as root; I use ssh to root only within the box. > > > If so, remember Debian's ssh configuration stops root from logging in. > > In my Debian 9 and 11 boxes I see in /etc/ssh/sshd_config "PermitRootLogin > yes" > by default, and by default local and remote root login is possible.
$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/20-no_root_login.conf PermitRootLogin no Also see https://wiki.debian.org/SSH . Jeff