As what we wrote in the previous article on how to allow SSH root on Ubuntu 14.04, after installing a fresh new copy of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, we find that once again (for better security) ssh root access has been configured to “prohibit-password” by default. This prevents root login via SSH.
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