# BalenOS root access concern via SSH

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/balenos-root-access-concern-via-ssh/366167>\
**Category:** balenaOS\
**Tags:** ssh, security, raspberrypi4\
**Created:** [December 22, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenos-root-access-concern-via-ssh/366167 "2022-12-22T08:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![M\_PERSIC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@M\_PERSIC](https://forums.balena.io/u/M_PERSIC)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenos-root-access-concern-via-ssh/366167/2 "2022-12-22T20:55:00Z")

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To answer my own question, turns out it is exactly because I’m using the Development build for balenaOS. I found [this thread](https://forums.balena.io/t/host-os-user-root-no-password-security-issue/65234) that helped me realize that.

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