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Change user in Ubuntu OS

By PrasadNaik

June 25, 2026

Normally Ubuntu allows you to install OS as non root username

So you need to login to server as non root user and run command mentioned below to login as root user

sudo -i

Once you login as root user change below mentioned parameter in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

and uncomment PermitRootLogin paramter and change to to yes and restart sshd using command

service sshd restart