And from the server itself. Some versions won't allow this command without also creating a prevsep directory e.g. mkdir /run/sshd if sshd is not set to automat

And from the server itself. Some versions won't allow this command without also creating a prevsep directory e.g. mkdir /run/sshd if sshd is not set to automatically start. sshd -T | grep -i pas passwordauthentication yes permitemptypasswords yes I permit this intentionally for my own reasons on my publicly accessible servers.