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About This Document >>     Installing SSH Tectia Server (M) >>     Using SSH Tectia Server (M) >>         Configuration Files>>         Running the Server >>         Setting Up a Shell User>>             Authenticating Remote Hosts             Using Password Authentication             Using Public-Key Authentication         Running Client Programs>>         Handling MVS Datasets>>         File Transfer Examples>>     Troubleshooting SSH Tectia Server (M) >>     Configuration >>     Authentication >>     Application Tunneling >>     Sample Files >>     Man Pages     Log Messages >>

Using Password Authentication

Password authentication is the most commonly used form of user authentication. There are two cases where it cannot be used in SSH Tectia Server (M): when running client programs from JCL or the TSO OMVS shell.

• When running client programs from JCL there is no facility for getting the password from the user. Use a plaintext private key and public-key authentication.
• Password authentication is not available when running a client program from the TSO OMVS shell because the shell cannot guarantee that the password will be hidden on the screen. Use a Telnet shell or Secure Shell, or set up public-key authentication with a plaintext private key.