[CentOS] sshd options - centos 5.3

Tue Sep 22 18:07:27 UTC 2009
Michel van Deventer <michel at van.deventer.cx>

Hi,

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:01 -0700, Karl Kobata wrote:
> I have installed cento 5.3.  I enabled the ssh deamon.  I have found
> that 2 options that I normally use does respond as I expect.  Has
> anyone else had similar problems with the following options in
> sshd_config:
> 
> - Port 6666 – if I set the port to anything other than 22 (default),
> using ssh –p6666 name at servername, does not work.  Yet if I leave keep
> the default, then ssh name at servername allows me to login.
Did you check your iptables rules ? port 6666 is closed by default. I
use a sshd with port 443, so it should work.

> 
> - 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.
Erhm.. I remember it does ask for a password but just doesn't let you
in. But I can me mistaken :)

	Regards,

	Michel


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