https://www.nico-maas.de/tags/root/ Recent content in Root on Nico Maas Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:56:26 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2013-11-15-disable-root-account-in-ubuntu/ Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:56:26 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2013-11-15-disable-root-account-in-ubuntu/ <p>An freshly installed Ubuntu got the root Account set to the best and most secure state ever: DISABLED!<br> But if you use ready-made Appliances and such, most of these Ubuntu Appliances come with an enabled Root Account. How to disable this account? Easy:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>sudo usermod -p &#39;!&#39; root </code></pre><p>Source: <a class="link" href="https://serverfault.com/questions/178080/how-do-i-disable-root-login-in-ubuntu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >https://serverfault.com/questions/178080/how-do-i-disable-root-login-in-ubuntu</a></p>