local ssh users unable to login

[LostBoY]

I have installed a new R81.20 Management Server in AWS...for the first time login i used the ppk private key.

Then i ran the following commands to enable ssh 

1. sed -i 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

2. sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin forced-commands-only/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

3. service sshd reload

Post this i set up a password for admin user and tried connecting to the MGMT server but it is not accepting my password..giving incorrect password error.

I tried to create several new users as well but none were able to login.

Anyhelp is appreciated.

[PhoneBoy]

What precise steps did you take to set the user password or create users?
If done via the CLI, it must be done via clish commands (not via expert mode) and the configuration must be manually saved (save config). 

[LostBoY]

i created the password of admin user via clish : set user admin password

also did a save config post that..tried similarly for other users as well but none of them are able to login via ssh..although GUI access works

[_Val_]

Double-check that your keyboard layout is English if you created users and passwords via the console. If not, passwords created through the console with the English default locale will be... different

[LostBoY]

but the same passwords work for GUI login..its only they are not able to ssh to the management server.

[PhoneBoy]

What does /var/log/secure say when users try and log in?

[LostBoY]

i removed  sshd_config file and recreated a new one with all the required values and the issue got resolved.. not sure how the old one was a problem but everything pointed out at sshd_config  being the issue.