# Rocky 9 ssh permission denied **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [June 16, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327 "2023-06-16T17:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kuchenmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@kuchenmann](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kuchenmann)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/1 "2023-06-16T17:45:10Z")
Trying to login via ssh with password. Changed all the needed settings, even copied the sshd\_config from working CentOS7 server. But still no login via ssh. ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/2 "2023-06-16T17:53:52Z")
You should be more specific on what account you’re trying to login to and what you’re actually configuring in sshd\_config. For example, you cannot login as root with a password now. The default setting is `PermitRootLogin prohibit-password`. ---
**Author:** ![Cphusion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/cphusion/32/3235_2.png) [@Cphusion](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Cphusion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/3 "2023-06-16T18:12:51Z")
Default on RHEL7 so also Centos7: > PermitRootLogin > Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The argument must be yes, prohibit-password, without-password, forced-commands-only, or no. The default is yes. Default on RHEL9 so also Rocky9: > PermitRootLogin > Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The argument must be yes, prohibit-password, forced-commands-only, or no. The default is prohibit-password. ---
**Author:** ![kuchenmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@kuchenmann](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kuchenmann)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/4 "2023-06-16T19:24:44Z")
Thanks. I think I misunderstood the function of the sshd\_config.d directory. I thought the file will override the settings sshd\_config file. Now I’ve copied all the settings to sshd\_config and removed the Include sshd\_config.d/\*.conf line. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/5 "2023-06-16T19:27:17Z")
> [@kuchenmann](#): > > I think I misunderstood the function of the sshd\_config.d directory. > I thought the file will override the settings sshd\_config file. They do. There is no need to touch the `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` file. What was the name of the file, what was the setting(s) and what other files are in the `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/` directory? * * * If you remove the _include_, then you stop using the _system security policy_ that lists allowed ciphers. ---
**Author:** ![kuchenmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@kuchenmann](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kuchenmann)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/6 "2023-06-17T05:18:05Z")
Ok, what I’ve done now: I removed the openssh with dnf remove openssh… Then deleted the whole ssh directory. Installed openssh again with dnf install openssh… Now ssh works without any changes in the sshd\_config and in the sshd\_config.d directory. Of course not for root (because not allowed by default), but for normal user. But it was a new (my first) Rocky9.2 installation, ssh was the first thing I’ve tried on this. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-ssh-permission-denied/10327/7 "2023-08-25T03:00:03Z")
Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:00am UTC