Re: Removing password-based auth for login
Stephen Tait <tait@digitallaw.co.uk> writes:
> I have a bunch of users that have now been set up to use SSH keys
> for all login purposes; however, they currently have password based
> auth as well, and I'm unsure how to turn it off just for these
> users, and googling for it has so far netted me a whole load of
> gumpf with little or no relation to this.
Incidentally, if you want to turn off SSH password-based
authentication globally, you can specify "PasswordAuthentication no"
in your sshd_config. I remember seeing a notice about it when I
dist-upgraded. Something about also checking the PAM settings, but I'm
not sure.
(... You probably already know that. ^_^)
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