Linux Tutorials: Enable SSH Password authentication in linux servers

Step 1 – Enable PasswordAuthentication yes in sshd_config

$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
#PasswordAuthentication yes
#PermitEmptyPasswords no
PasswordAuthentication yes

Step 2 – Restart sshd server

$ sudo systemctl restart sshd

Step 3 – Set user password

$ sudo passwd centos

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