Can't SSH as root into EC2 server - Please login as the user "ubuntu" rather than the user "root"

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I am trying to SSH into my server via WinSCP, although the problem will occur with putty as well. I have Ubuntu 12.04 I have edited `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` and added `PermitRootLogin without-password` to the bottom of the file. But this still doesn't seem to have changed my problem. People have mentioned needed to restart ssh demon. I have tried: ``` /etc/init.d/sshd reload reload sshd.service /etc/init.d/sshd reload ``` All of the above are unrecognised. I have then tried `Files ¬ Custom Commands ¬ sudo -s & su` No luck there either.

Accepted Answer

http://alestic.com/2009/04/ubuntu-ec2-sudo-ssh-rsync describes all the options available to you, and includes instructions for enabling SSH to root on EC2:

```
ssh -i KEYPAIR.pem ubuntu@HOSTNAME   'sudo cp /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys /root/.ssh/'
```

Can't SSH as root into EC2 server - Please login as the user "ubuntu" rather than the user "root"

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