Verify ssh root login disabled

#1

I successfully completed the Disable Root Login challenge eventhough I could not verify that it was correct before I clicked Submit. Indeed after I uncommented and changed PermitRootLogin to no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on stapp01 and restarted the service there, I tried to verify that this was correct by running ssh root@stapp01. I expected to get outright Access Denied but I still got the password prompt.

Is there a better way to verify this?

#2

Hello, @Schollii
Might be due to PasswordAuthentication is enable.

#3

@Schollii I think that is usual behavior and it is normal to ask for password but after entering password it wont allow you to log in.

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