The SSH daemon is configured to not allow root login via password.
See my answer here:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?26515-SSH-authentication-not-working-on-new-Nethunter-2-0
Type: Posts; User: aer0sol
The SSH daemon is configured to not allow root login via password.
See my answer here:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?26515-SSH-authentication-not-working-on-new-Nethunter-2-0
It's not broken, the SSH daemon is just configured to not permit root login via password.
If you want to change that, it works:
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
change:
PermitRootLogin...