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Date:	Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:07:02 -0800
From:	Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: How to force passfile-login via SSL?
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Ralf Steinh 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".

Brian

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