sshd - public key vs keyboard interactive authentication

Danie Du Toit danie.dutoit at gmail.com
Sun Mar 6 17:20:49 PST 2005


5.3 with OpenSSH.

Using public key authentication:

I generated/converted my keys - all set, I can ssh to the box using
the keys (no user authentication, I get logged in)

Using password authentication:

I can still ssh using interactive keyboard password authentication
(without using public/private keys).

So, my questions:

1. How do I disable password authentication - i.e. force to use the DSA keys?

2. Can I use both for added security - i.e.  using the keys and then
get prompted for password?

Any help appreciated - thanks


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