Logging in via SSH: User -> root

Hi,

I am using a VPS and am able to SSH using root fine. But I heard that was bad so I wanted to be able to SSH as a regular user and then su to root. But when I attempted to do this it said I didn't have permissions to do this.

I used cpanel to create the user. Is there a way for me to su to root from a regular user using cpanel? Or is it ok to ssh as root?

 

 

 

 

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