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Enabling/Unlocking the root locked account

 To Enabling/Unlocking the root locked account, follow below steps:

1.ssh with non root user

2.Check the root user is locked: 
    root@Ubuntu:/home/test# passwd -S root
    root L 11/12/2024 0 99999 7 -1
        >> here L means its locked.

3.Manually enable the root account
   A)verify the /etc/shadow password (the second field ! Or * means its locked)
   B)Create a password in hash format:
       openssl passwd -6 
       >>give new password
      >>Copy the new hash password
   C)Edit /etc/shadow and update in the second field:
             

D)Verify /etc/ssh/sshd_config have "PermitRootLogin=yes, PasswordAuthentification=yes" and restart ssh service already done.

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