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Configure Password Authentication

Password authentication is supported by default; no configuration is required on either the server or the client to use this authentication method. Use these procedures if you want to modify the default server or client configuration.

Note

Password authentication can be also done using the keyboard-interactive method, which is the preferred method.

To configure password authentication on the client

  1. Open the client configuration file (/opt/microfocus/rsit/etc/ssh2_config) in a text editor.

  2. Edit the AllowedAuthentications keyword.

To configure password authentication on the server

  1. Open the server configuration file (/opt/microfocus/rsit/etc/sshd2_config) in a text editor.

  2. Edit AllowedAuthentications or RequiredAuthentications.

  3. (Optional) Use PasswordGuesses to change the maximum number of attempts a user is allowed for password authentication. (The default is 3.) For example:

    PasswordGuesses=5
    

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