22 Sep
2009
22 Sep
'09
8:10 p.m.
Hi,
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 14:01, Karl Kobata Karl.Kobata@syncira.com wrote:
- PasswordAuthentication no – if I set this option to “no” (default is
“yes”), and my ssh key is either missing or in error, I will be prompted for user system login password. If this is set to “no”, it should not allow me to login if I have not ssh key specified or in error. Has anyone else run into this problem.
This is related to PAM authentication, which is what is used in (most) Linux systems. To prevent sshd from authenticating with passwords I believe you have to set "ChallengeResponseAuthentication no" instead, at least that is what I gather from reading the comments in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
HTH, Filipe