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Locale

check 

locale
cat /etc/default/locale
cat /etc/locale.gen
cat /etc/locale.conf
echo $LANG

generate and set default locale 

dpkg-reconfigure locales

generate locales

sudo nano /etc/locale.gen              # check if "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" is uncommmented
sudo locale-gen                        # generate locales
sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
cat /etc/default/locale

locale POSIX

└─[$] locale
LANG=
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=

Fix 

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
UsePAM yes