[NBLUG/talk] OpenSSH2 with public key (no password)

[Scott Doty]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 03:03:14PM -0400, Bob Blick wrote:
> I found a web page that describes the sshd_config entry
> "PubkeyAuthentication":
> http://sysadminnews.com/sysadminnews-32-20030707AuthenticatingbyPublicKeyOpenSSH.html
> 
> It says the default is yes, I assume that means even if the line does not
> exist, but RedHat 9.0 may have defaulted to a config file that says no.
> 
> Perhaps that's my problem. It's on the host, which I do not control and
> can't read the config, I'm sending an email and see what happens.

I can't imagine someone disabling public-key authentication but allowing
passwords...

Around these parts, for certain applications, it's the other way around!

 -Scott