Activate password authentication on Ubuntu VMs on Amazon EC2

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Kj / 0 Comment


ssh -i [path to private-key-file] [target IP]

# In the host shell

sudo adduser [username]     # Add a new user; this command also prompts for setting the password

sudo adduser admin            # Add this user to the admin group (to sudoers)

sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# In the above file set "PasswordAuthentication" to "yes".

sudo reload ssh

The VM should now be ready for password based ssh authentication.

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