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Old 01-20-2011, 03:01 AM   #1
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Ssh access only using private key

I want to disable ssh access using username/password. i want to allow only using key. Please give me what i need to set in sshd server configuration file.

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Old 01-20-2011, 03:05 AM   #2
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Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication no

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Old 01-20-2011, 03:09 AM   #3
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Thanks for your quick response, It worked
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