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Re: How to force passfile-login via SSL?


On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:07:02 -0800, Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
wrote:

>> Cygwin's SSH is the only incoming contact point of our server with the
>> Internet, the rest protected by a firewall.
>> Because our passwords are potentially weak (=short), and also to give
>> remote-access to only a limited set of users, I want to configure Cygwin to
>> allow connections with SSH only when they try to log in via a keyfile. (So
>> NOT via Username/Password of any NT-User).
>
>Have a look at "man sshd_config".  I think the directive you want is
>"PasswordAuthentication no".

That's it, now everything works perfectly!
Thanks a lot.

Btw: Is there a way to "restart" Cygwin, so changes in such a file
take effect without restarting Windows?

Ralf


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