one vps server and two client machine.
Can i set the vps server to be logon in via password on machine 1 at the same time to be logon in via key file on machine 2?
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×This doesn’t seem to be true anymore (no fallback to password). I also can’t find a setting. Am I missing something?
What you have to do is edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and provide PasswordAuthentication with a value of Yes.
$ sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find:
PasswordAuthentication no
press i for insert mode
Change to:
PasswordAuthentication yes
Save and Close
[escape] :wq
Restart Your SSH
$ sudo systemctl restart ssh
Some systems make require
$ sudo systemctl restart sshd
Yes, that’s the default setting actually. Just set up an SSH key for your user and when you connect to your droplet without an ssh key (machine 2) it will fall back to a password prompt.