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Re: SSH root login from one ip via certificate only, all other logins password only.



James Allsopp wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to have one computer I can ssh to other computers as root for
> Ansible. To do this I've set up a strong certificate with a password, but
> what I want is to only be able to log in as root from one IP using that
> cert. All other users should only log in via a password and can do so from
> any IP.
>
> Currently normal user logins are broken with this sshd_config. Can anyone
> tell me where I'm going wrong? Sudo is not an option.
>
> [...]
> #PermitRootLogin no

Change this to "without-password" to force key-based logins.  (Yeah, I
know this is in the global section but I'm not reading through the rest
of your config).

Alternately, if you don't want this as a global setting, an additional
stanza along these lines will take care of it:

match User root Address 192.0.2.10
  PermitRootLogin without-password

You shouldn't have to bother trying to create any rules for the  other
users, as without a "match" directive, they'll just use the global
settings


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