[NBLUG/talk] * password in /etc/shadow

[Scott Doty]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:53:22PM -0700, Scott Doty wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 05:43:00PM -0700, Walter Hansen wrote:
> > I want to configure a user for key auth only. Is replacing the password
> > hash in /etc/shadow with * what I want?
> 
> That will work, but restricts the services they can use to those that don't
> need a password (i.e., public key authentication).
> 
> Also, take a peek at the "PasswordAuthentication" and "PermitRootLogin"
> directives in "man sshd_config" ...

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I sent this from my "corp" address, but I was speaking for only myself, not
my employer...
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:)

 -Scott