ssh public key authentication

[denigma]

Ive gone in and created authorized_keys etc for pbs, I also edited the sshd config to permit public key login, im still not being prompted for the passphrase for the key when I authenticate only root password. Is this possible to do?

 

[Weehooey-EA]

Hi there!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the parameters for your /etc/ssh/sshd_config would look something like the following:

PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
This will allow root to login with keys only, not password.

PubkeyAuthentication yes
This allows public key authentication.

AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
That tells you where the authorized keys are stored.

PasswordAuthentication no
This will disable password login.

Then restart your sshd service with this command:
systemctl restart sshd

Hope this helps!

 

[denigma]

Hi there!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the parameters for your /etc/ssh/sshd_config would look something like the following:

PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
This will allow root to login with keys only, not password.

PubkeyAuthentication yes
This allows public key authentication.

AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
That tells you where the authorized keys are stored.

PasswordAuthentication no
This will disable password login.

Then restart your sshd service with this command:
systemctl restart sshd

Hope this helps!

that did the trick!

Thanks!