Possibly change username "root"

Samet Chan

• December 09, 2016 10:16

Hi dear, I'll tried trying to find WHM search no found, anywhere change for root username on SSH and WHM. My server is VPS Server CentOS Linux 7 (Core) Bandwitdh 5000 GB 150GB SSD unmanaged

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  Infopro

  • December 09, 2016 16:16

  You cant change root users name. What problem are you faced with that you'd be wanting to do this?

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  Samet Chan

  • December 09, 2016 16:17

  Why not, i want to this username root to xxxx, because people hacker trying to brute force attack or rootkit with SSH. Is possibly?

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  Infopro

  • December 09, 2016 16:30

  root user is the main user on your server. You should find this thread of some use to address your concerns: [Tutorial] Interested in increasing the security of your server? Read this. (sshd hardening)

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  Samet Chan

  • December 09, 2016 16:37

  root user is the main user on your server. You should find this thread of some use to address your concerns: [Tutorial] Interested in increasing the security of your server? Read this. (sshd hardening)

  
  Thanks for help!

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