To enable root login for SSH

To enable root login for SSH
first enable root account by giving password to root
sudo passwd
Now, you need to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
gksudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Remove the (#) comment from this line:
PermitRootLogin without-password
directly under it add this:
     change without-password to yes
PermitRootLogin yes 
Now restart SSH:
sudo service ssh restart

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