You can edit sshd_config, find PermitRootLogin yes and replace yes to no. Like this: PermitRootLogin no This is disallow root for directly login from ssh. -DS- -----Original Message----- From: Susan Day <suzieprogrammer@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:11:17 To: CentOS mailing list<centos@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Signing In Other than Root _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos