Fedora 39

How to Enable SSH Password Login on Fedora 39

To enable SSH password login on Fedora 39, follow the steps below.

Step 1 : Open the sshd_config file

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Step 2 : Edit the PasswordAuthentication setting

Within the sshd_config file, locate the line that says PasswordAuthentication and change its value to yes. If the line is commented out (prefixed with #), remove the # at the beginning.

PasswordAuthentication yes

Step 3 : After making the changes, restart the SSH service to apply the modifications.

sudo systemctl restart sshd

Step 4 : Now, you can test the SSH connection with password authentication.

ssh username@your_server_ip

Congratulations! You have successfully enabled SSH password login on your Fedora 39 system.