To disble root logina in cpanel server,  make sure you add your admin user to the wheel group so that you will be able to su – to root, otherwise you may lock yourself out of root.

1. SSH into your server as admin and gain root access by su

2. Copy and paste this line to edit the file for SSH logins vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

3. Find the line Protocol 2, 1

4. Uncomment it and change it to look like Protocol 2

5. Next, find the line PermitRootLogin yes

6. Uncomment it and make it look like PermitRootLogin no

7. Save the file

8. Now you can restart SSH /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart

Now, no one will be able to login to root with out first loggin in as admin and su – to root, and you will be forcing the use of a more secure protocol.

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