Root login Ubuntu VM on Azure

Question

Installed Ubuntu Server LTS 14.04 from Azure library on Azure VM. Logged in as standard \"azureuser\" created by Azure with my password. Changed root password:

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Answer 1

To enter into a Azure VM using SSH...

First, You need to enable the root account:

#sudo passwd root

Then you need to enable the root login for ssh editing the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config (the default value in Azure VMs is PermitRootLogin without-password, so you need to change/comment it):

...
#PermitRootLogin without-password
PermitRootLogin yes
...

Finally, you need to reload/restart the ssh service:

#sudo service ssh reload