SSH doesn't detect authenticationmethod

So basically I'm trying to create an SFTP account for a part of my server that doesn't need an SSH-Key nor googles-2fa-pam module. I've got the following setting in my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

Match User sharex PubkeyAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication yes AuthenticationMethods password PermitTunnel no AllowAgentForwarding no AllowTcpForwarding no X11Forwarding no ForceCommand internal-sftp ChrootDirectory /home/sharex

This is at the bottom of my /etc/pam.d/sshd file:

# Standard Un*x password updating.
@include common-password
auth required pam_google_authenticator.so nullok

The error when running "service ssh status":

● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-01-19 11:22:25 CET; 52min ago Process: 20132 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 20143 (sshd) Tasks: 1 (limit: 4583) CGroup: / └─20143 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango systemd[1]: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server...
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango sshd[20132]: Disabled method "password" in
AuthenticationMethods list "publickey,password"
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango sshd[20143]: Disabled method "password" in AuthenticationMethods list "publickey,password"
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango sshd[20143]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port XXX.
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango sshd[20143]: Server listening on :: port XXX.
Jan 19 11:22:25 mango systemd[1]: Started OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Jan 19 11:22:44 mango sshd[20224]: error: Disabled method "password" in AuthenticationMethods list "publickey,password"
Jan 19 11:22:46 mango sshd[20224]: Failed password for sharex from 127.0.0.1 port 56442 ssh2
Jan 19 11:22:47 mango sshd[20224]: Connection closed by authenticating user sharex 127.0.0.1 port 56442 [preauth]

When I try logging into the account via ssh:

Permission denied, please try again.

Output of ssh -v:

root@mango ~ # ssh -v sharex@localhost -p XXX OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2n 7 Dec 2017 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port XXX. debug1: Connection established. debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubunt u-4ubuntu0.1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.1 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000 debug1: Authenticating to localhost:XXX as 'sharex' debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256 debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 debug1: kex: server->client cipher: MAC: <implicit > compression: none debug1: kex: client->server cipher: MAC: <implicit > compression: none debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:Lj/m0+cUQjvYHaXu57qYTtTeg878 c6KgQxk03AhOcUw debug1: Host '[localhost]:XXX' is known and matches the ECDSA host key. debug1: Found key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:1 debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rs a-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: password debug1: Next authentication method: password sharex@localhost's password: debug1: Authentications that can continue: password Permission denied, please try again.

Would anyone be able to assist me or try to hint me in the right direction as I don't know what I could do. If you need any more information such as configuration files just reply below :) Thank you!

1 Answer

Add this after the UsePAM yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config or ssh_config

AuthenticationMethods publickey,keyboard-interactive