Step 1 – Enable PasswordAuthentication yes in sshd_config
$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
#PasswordAuthentication yes
#PermitEmptyPasswords no
PasswordAuthentication yes
Step 2 – Restart sshd server
$ sudo systemctl restart sshd
Step 3 – Set user password
$ sudo passwd centos
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