# Enable ssh root login access

Set a new password for the `root` user.

```shell
sudo passwd
```

Now open for editing ssh daemon's config file `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`.

Set `PermitRootLogin` value to `yes` to enable logging is as root.

```
PermitRootLogin yes
```

Also check value of `PasswordAuthentication`. If it is set to `no` then set to `yes` for security reasons.

```
PasswordAuthentication yes
```

Then restart ssh service:

```shell
service ssh restart
```

Now you can log in to your server as `root` user.

```
ssh root@domain.com
```