How to enable root login on Ubuntu Posted on April 30, 2021

This is how you can login as root with a Ubuntu server:

1. Run sudo passwd root to enable to root account and give it a password.
2. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and add the line PermitRootLogin yes.
3. Restart sshd with sudo service sshd restart.

You can now SSH into your machine as root.