SOLVED Possibly change username "root"

[Samet Chan]

Hi dear,


I'll tried trying to find WHM search no found, anywhere change for root username on SSH and WHM.

My server is VPS Server
CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Bandwitdh 5000 GB
150GB SSD
unmanaged

 

[Infopro]

You cant change root users name. What problem are you faced with that you'd be wanting to do this?

 

[Samet Chan]

Why not, i want to this username root to xxxx, because people hacker trying to brute force attack or rootkit with SSH. Is possibly?

 

[Infopro]

root user is the main user on your server. You should find this thread of some use to address your concerns:
[Tutorial] Interested in increasing the security of your server? Read this. (sshd hardening)

 

[Samet Chan]

root user is the main user on your server. You should find this thread of some use to address your concerns:
[Tutorial] Interested in increasing the security of your server? Read this. (sshd hardening)

Thanks for help!

https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/sftp-ftp-cannot-connect-server.587375