On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 07:14:15PM +0000, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup Debian to accept my remote ssh > login. No problem with that, but I'm facing a > configuration problem: > > It doesn't seem to be able to handle/accept the public/private key > checking, i.e.,what sourceforge.net is doing [1], but insists on checking > login password [2], which is not a recommended practice. > > This is a vanilla sshd configuration. I.e., everything from Debian default. > What changes should I make to enable the public/private key Authentication?
from /etc/ssh/sshd_config: RSAAuthentication yes PubkeyAuthentication yes [....] # To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED) PermitEmptyPasswords no # Change to no to disable s/key passwords ChallengeResponseAuthentication no # Change to yes to enable tunnelled clear text passwords PasswordAuthentication no and before you do that (i.e., while passwords is still on) do ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED] it will prompt you for the password, copy up the key and tweak a couple permissions if needed. Then you can test it using public-key before you turn off the passwords... A
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