How to enable password authentication on server(Digital Ocean)

Hi there,

In order to enable password authentication you need to edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Then find the PasswordAuthentication and set it to yes:

PasswordAuthentication yes

After that restart the SSH service:

sudo systemctl restart sshd

Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby

Hello @rumer878

In order to enable Password level authentication, you can follow these steps.

3. Type sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
4. Change PasswordAuthentication from “no” to “yes” and save the file
5. Open a terminal on your computer and type ssh username@[hostname or IP address] or if on a Windows box use PuTTY for password login making sure authentication parameters aren’t pointing to a private key
6. Login with a password
7. Type sudo nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
8. Paste public key text here and save the file
9. Type sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
10. Change PasswordAuthentication from “yes” to “no” and save the file
11. Restart the ssh service: sudo systemctl restart sshd

Regards, Alex

i cannot reset the password .i was done all the changes but cant connect droplet