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Re: authentication in ssh



You're right. OpenSSH and SSH.com's Unix servers do not 
support this. You would have to do this in PAM.

There's a lot information on various PAM modules and
links here:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html

-AnneYou're right. OpenSSH and SSH.com's Unix servers do not 
support this. You would have to do this in PAM.

There's a lot information on various PAM modules and
links here:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html

-Anne

Adam ENDRODI grabbed a keyboard and typed...
> 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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