Rocky Linux: SSH Hardening

It iis critical to secure SSH.

1. Create a sudo user: adduser newuser && passwd newuser && usermod -aG wheel newuser.

2. Disable root login in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

3. Restart: systemctl restart sshd.

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