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You need to edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config
and edit/add this line:
PasswordAuthentication yes
And restart sshd with the command sudo service ssh restart
Most of the answers are outright wrong.
What you need is to add the ssh key to your non-root account. Since you already have ssh keys in root’s user directory. All you need is to execute this command: