Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:37:36 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: mike@ascendency.net, "'Micheal Patterson'" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ssh missing 'login as' prompt Message-ID: <200311031837.36851.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200311030141.hA31fQ409002@fat_man.ascendency.net> References: <200311030141.hA31fQ409002@fat_man.ascendency.net>
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:10, Mike Loiterman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Micheal Patterson <mailto:micheal@tsgincorporated.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Loiterman" <mike@ascendency.net> > > To: "'Kevin Stevens'" <kevin_stevens@pursued-with.net> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:33 PM > > Subject: RE: Ssh missing 'login as' prompt > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Kevin Stevens <mailto:kevin_stevens@pursued-with.net> wrote: > >>> On Oct 31, 2003, at 22:25, Mike Loiterman wrote: > >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>>> Hash: SHA1 > >>>> > >>>> Whenever I try to ssh into my machie, it just goes straight to > >>>> user@host password: by passing the traditional login as: . How > >>>> can I turn that back on? > >>> > >>> Remove the client machine's public key from the server's > >>> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file for that user id. > >>> > >>> KeS > >> > >> That works but only temporarily. The next time I login, it goes > >> directly to the password prompt. Am I fooling myself? Is it any > >> more secure to get a login as: prompt and then a password prompt > >> as compared to just going directly to a password prompt? > >> > >> - ------------------------------ > >> Mike Loiterman > >> grantADLER > >> Tel: 630-302-4944 > >> Fax: 773-868-0071 > >> Email: mike@ascendency.net > >> PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > > > > What you're describing is normal behavior for ssh. Telnet does the > > same thing from a fbsd to fbsd system. It uses the login id on the > > connecting terminal as the user to auth against on the remote. I > > would recommend using an rsa pass phrase instead of the password if > > you wish it to be more secure. > > That's strange, to me at least. I have a number of other systems > that just give a login as: prompt. Specifically FreeBSD 4.x. Has > things changed? > I think you need: UseLogin yes in /etc/sshd_config at the far end. Malcolm Kay
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