Access with Password Authentication
Before changing the password authentication switch the root user
sudo su

Navigate to the /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Use the vi editor to edit the file
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Change PermitRootLogin prohibited_password > PermitRootLogin yes
PasswordAuthentication yes

Now again Navigate to the /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/60-cloudimg-settings.conf
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/60-cloudimg-settings.conf
Change PasswordAuthentication no > yes

Restart the SSHd service
systemctl restart sshd
Now set the password for the root user:
sudo password root
set the password

Now log in to the server with the root user
ssh root@Your_server_IP_add

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