By cre15
I have my server set up to connect via SSH on my laptop. Is there a way to set up the same server so it can be accessed with a non-SSH password in case I want to get in from a different computer?
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Hello,
Yes indeed as Amiy mentioned you need to enable SSH password authentication
To do that must login to your server and edit this file:
sudo /etc/ssh/sshd_config
The find this line:
PasswordAuthentication no
And update it to:
PasswordAuthentication yes
After that, you have to restart the SSH service. You can use this command
sudo systemctl restart ssh
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
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