By meimei
here is my problem, when i do login as root after password reset, then it told me to login with the password and i can login, but after change the new password it auto close my PUTTY.
Please help me to fix this problem.
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Hi @meimei,
Do you have PasswordAuthentication turned on in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config? Maybe it changed to the default one for some reason.
In such cases, you can use the recovery console to gain access back and check if that’s the case.
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/recovery-console/
Log in to your Droplet and see if you have PasswordAuthentication turned on in the mentioned config file.
Lastly, I want to mention that it’s recommended that you use SSH keys rather than Password authentication as t’s considered more secure.
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