SSH Login on Windows 7

Hi,

I have booted my Linode and run Putty.

I added the Public IP address to Putty.

When I click OK and enter 'root' then my password, I get the message 'Access Denied'.

What could be causing this?

What further information can I provide to help resolve this?

Thank you

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You may not have root login with password enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on your Linode.

It is strongly suggested to using SSH keys, and only SSHing as a regular user. You can create a new user with the interactive adduser command on debian, or useradd on other distros.

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