Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:02:42 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Subject: Re: sshd_config 1.35 commit Message-ID: <20040226070242.GA72677@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20040226062424.GA70471@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> References: <20040226061844.QTXI189272.fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@win2000> <20040226062424.GA70471@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 08:24:25AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > > > > I have built world recently, only to find out I cant log into my > > server via ssh anymore. Am I the only one that thinks disabling password > > authentication in default sshd is a stupid idea? I think this is a pain in > > the ass, like the 'no root login' option wasn't enough. A nice heads up or > > entry in UPDATING would have been nice, so people don't get locked out after > > updating. > > I agree with you, it has bitten me already too. :-((( My vote would be > for backing it out. Replying to myself, maybe it isn't so bad and an entry to UPDATING might be enough. In my case I had to add an PreferredAuthentications publickey,password entry to .ssh/config a while back because otherwise I couldn't log in to some older machines. It looks like adding keyboard-interactive at the end of that line fix my problems. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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