Disable ssh root login
There is a potential Crackers can get in to your server via ssh by figuring out the password of the root using brute force attack. So that it is better to control root access of the server via ssh. For that use different user to log into the server and use sudo after logged in. follow the steps to deny root access via ssh : Create user with preferable username #useradd chamara give a strong password for the user #passwd chamara edit the following file with your favourite editor (vi is my favourite ;) ) #vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config find the #PermitRootLogin yes and uncomment it and do "yes" to "no" like as below PermitRootLogin no save it and close the file After that restart the sshd #/etc/init.d/sshd restart Thats all, have fun