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New to Linux OS and trying to setup a local server. At first, I didn't want to actually serve websites publicly, only locally for testing purposes. I am following this guide.

I started with local IP 127.0.0.1 and entered:

ssh root@127.0.0.1

It asked for a password. I entered my root password but it says "Permission denied". I also tried "password" and just hitting enter. None of this worked. In fact, just hitting "enter" gave me "Permission denied (publickey,password). I got the same results using my public IP.

I am tethering off a cell phone hotspot because the ISPs where I live, quite frankly, suck and limit bandwidth so this is my only option.

I want to keep my testing server private but if it's not possible, then public is ok.

I am running Ubuntu 16.04.1 and already have LAMP stack installed and it seems to run just fine, but I know I didn't do it right.

What am I doing wrong?

Help and guidance appreciated.

Gregory Smitherman
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  • Do you really have a root access? This is not common in Ubuntu. Can you login as root in local terminal or authenticate successfully in su command? – Melebius Jan 04 '17 at 09:33
  • You probably didn't have a ssh root access. Try to ssh with the user name that you have provided while installing Ubuntu like, ssh username@127.0.0.1 – janasaiarun Jan 04 '17 at 10:04

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I did not have root access as suggested.

I figured it out by following this Q&A.

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