Disable password authentication in SSH

SSH is by default configured to allow password login. You can disable password authentication if you're in favour of public key authentication by following these steps;

Disable public key authentication in SSH

Set PasswordAuthentication to no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
```
PasswordAuthentication no
```
Reload or restart SSH

Restart SSH service

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