Re: authentication in ssh
I don't know of any way to do it directly from sshd_config, but you can
tell SSH to use PAM for auths. PAM might have a way to do that but I've
never explored it deeply enough to tell you for sure.
David.
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Adam ENDRODI wrote:
>
> How can I tell sshd to only accept a particular authentication
> method for some users, while letting others to use any methods
> they wish?
>
> One of our servers has two kinds of users: a group of
> low-privileged ones and a few power users. The former class
> may choose to log in by providing his password, but I want the
> latter to use his private key, which I consider a more secure
> alternative. On the other hand, they need to retain their unix
> password, so I cannot just fill that with garbage.
>
> I've looked at the recent openssh sources but it didn't seem
> to support this kind of distinction. One possibility I can
> think of is PAM, but I don't know which module to use.
>
> Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>
> bit,
> adam
>
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