I need to enable root access via sshd. I will be using certificates and firewalled access.<div><br></div><div>I tried <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); ">remove the suffix " user != root quiet" from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); ">/etc/pam.d/gdm.</span></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Also added "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.</span></font></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Also put SELinux into Permissive mode.</span></font></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">But still neither root sshd nor login work.</span></font></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Help,</span></font></div>

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#500050"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Aaron</span></font></div>

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