How To Configure SSH Server in RHEL 6 ?

Open the SSH configuration file.

[root@ora ~]#  vi  /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# on line 42: uncomment and change the value to ‘no’

PermitRootLogin  no

# on line 65: uncomment the following

PermitEmptyPasswords  no
PasswordAuthentication yes

Save & quit then execute the following command.

[root@ora ~]# service sshd restart