Enable Password access to Amazon Ec2 instance
1. SSH into your instance . 2. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PasswordAuthentication to yes . One way to do this is to enter the command vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config , then scroll down to PasswordAuthentication . Press i to go into text insert mode and change the no to yes . Then press ESC , and type :wq and press enter to save and quit. 3. Enter the command /etc/init.d/sshd reload . (for Ubuntu, enter the command reload ssh ) 4. Set your password if you haven't already, with the passwd command. Note: This was tested with SUSE Linux. Directory and file names may be slightly different depending on your flavor of Linux.