I have an account i SSH into. How do i switch to using a plain old password to login rather than my public/private key pair?
SSH: Switch from public key authentication to password authentication
ssh
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Best Answer
The
PasswordAuthentication
option in the/etc/ssh/sshd_config
file controls whether passwords are allowed.Really, though. Use public keys.