[Techtalk] passwords

[Charlotte Oliver]

Hey Wolf --

What you need to do is configure ssh to only accept RSA based 
authentication.

Here's a guide on it, but there are tons more:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Use-RSA-Key-for-SSH-Authentication-38599.shtml

If you Google "RSA keys + SSH", you'll come up with a lot of options.  
Once you have your keys set up, you'll want to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config 
to turn off PasswordAuthentication.

HTH!
Charlotte

Wolf Rising wrote:
> I would like to make it so a user can only log in via their ssh keys.
>
> Would I just change the x in /etc/passwd and the !! in /etc/shadow to an *?
>
> I can't find the specifics online of how to do this, only that it is
> possible to do so.
>
> Thanks!
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