Configuring Root Access | HackerSploit Linux Security
In this follow up video to securing your SSH, HackerSploit shows how to add users to the sudo group. Taking security a step further, we’ll disable the root user so that it can’t be accessed remotely or locally.
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
1:17 – Working With The Sudoers File
5:40 – Adding New Users To Groups
7:50 – Disabling root by Locking
11:05 – Disabling root with chsh
15:44 – Outro
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