diff --git a/VMAccess/vmaccess.py b/VMAccess/vmaccess.py
index e4557f986..5d4fa321e 100644
--- a/VMAccess/vmaccess.py
+++ b/VMAccess/vmaccess.py
@@ -382,10 +382,12 @@ def _allow_password_auth():
     _set_sshd_config(config, "PasswordAuthentication", "yes")
     ext_utils.replace_file_with_contents_atomic(SshdConfigPath, "\n".join(config))
 
-    if isinstance(MyDistro, dist_utils.UbuntuDistro): #handle ubuntu 22.04 (sshd_config.d directory)
+    if isinstance(MyDistro, dist_utils.UbuntuDistro) or \ #handle ubuntu 22.04 (sshd_config.d directory)
+       isinstance(MyDistro, dist_utils.RedhatDistro) or \
+       isinstance(MyDistro, dist_utils.CentOSDistro):
         cloudInitConfigPath = "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf"
         config = ext_utils.get_file_contents(cloudInitConfigPath)
-        if config is not None: #other versions of ubuntu don't contain this file
+        if config is not None:
             config = config.split("\n")
             _set_sshd_config(config, "PasswordAuthentication", "yes")
             ext_utils.replace_file_with_contents_atomic(cloudInitConfigPath, "\n".join(config))