How to enable SSH Root Login In Solaris 11

Open Terminal window and switch to root user.

1. Change the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config PermitRootLogin yes with PermitRootLogin no and save file.

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin yes

2. Comment out the “CONSOLE=/dev/console” line in /etc/default/login.

vi /etc/default/login

#CONSOLE=/dev/console

3.Remove “;type=role” from the root entry in /etc/user_attr or use the below command.

rolemod -K type=normal root

4. Restart the Services.

#svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh:default

5.Try SSH connection using root user You should be able to connect.