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  • I have added this to the sshd_config file: # Authentication: RSAAuthentication yes #LoginGraceTime 2m #PermitRootLogin prohibit-password StrictModes no #MaxAuthTries 6 #MaxSessions 10 PubkeyAuthentication yes # Expect .ssh/authorized_keys2 to be disregarded by default in future. AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys .ssh/authorized_keys2 restarted service and it still requires a password. Commented Dec 12, 2017 at 17:23
  • Sorry the formatting is weird, but RSAAuthentication is not commented out, and is on it's separate line. Commented Dec 12, 2017 at 17:25
  • This option applied only to SSHv1 protocol which is obsolete and unused since about 2000, and the option itself is ignored since at least 2010. Commented Jun 15, 2020 at 8:35