5 ms·Does ssh need to allow root logins? Sshing as a regular user and then sudo to root works 95% of the time…by spott 7mo agoDoes ssh need to allow root logins? Sshing as a regular user and then sudo to root works 95% of the time…jmb99 7mo agoHow does SSH become an arbitrary user without effective root?nine_k 7mo agoSSH should not become a different user; it should call something like `/bin/login` which uses PAM for authentication and is capable of starting user sessions.