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Enable a password login instead of pem file when logging into EC2 Instance using SSH
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Procedure to Enable the password login
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Step 1) First login into ec2 instance with pem file, then switch to root user.
ssh -i "mithuntechnologies.pem" ec2-user@ec2-52-66-196-244.ap-south-1.compute.amazonaws.com
sudo su - (OR) sudo -i
Step 2) Set a password for ec2-user as follows.
passwd ec2-user
Step 3) Update the PasswordAuthentication parameter in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file as follows.
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication yes
Step 4) Restart the sshd service as follows.
service sshd restart
