ssh & passphrases on FC2

Daniel Buggie buggie at best.com
Fri Feb 11 19:40:43 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:25 -0600, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> I'm trying to get ssh/sshd configured so that only 2 methods will work 
> to allow access.
> 
> 1) ssh agent provides credentials
> 2) passphrase (but no password) authentication if the agent isn't available.
> 
> I've got the agent part working but can't get authentication to ONLY ask 
> for a passphrase.
> 
> Is the problem on the ssh or sshd end?
> 
> -- 
> Bill Gradwohl
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Have you edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config?

Try setting:

PasswordAuthentication no


Daniel





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