Ok, good to know. Thank you On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Benjamin Ziirish Sans <ziirish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Nolan, > > The default sshd configuration file is often distribution-dependant. It > means that even if upstream changed it, the result would not always be > propaged in the distrib packages. > > > > > Hello SSH developers, > > > > I spent about 2 hours today trying to track down why disabling passwords > > wasn't working on my Linux <Ubuntu> machine. I would like to propose the > > following change to sshd_config:60 > > > > Before: > > # Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords > > #PasswordAuthentication yes > > > > After: > > # Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords > > PasswordAuthentication yes > > > > I had done the usual "change yes to no", but on my non-colored editor on > > the server I didn't notice the additional "#" at the beginning of the > line. > > I know that server admins probably have a different opinion on this > change, > > but for new users doing basic stuff the less steps and little details the > > better. > > > > Thanks for the consideration! > > > > Nolan > > _______________________________________________ > > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > > _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
