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From: Bill Stewart <bstewart@iname.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:12:42 -0700
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Subject: Re: sshd permits logon using disabled user?
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:58 AM Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1@baur-itcs.de> wrote:

That sounds like the total opposite - allowing login without a password.
>
> Now, if there was a flag PASSWD_NOTPERMITTED or something like that,
> then we'd be able to emulate what can be done on Linux with "passwd -l
> username" and an ssh key file.
>

You are correct; "password not required" != "password not permitted."

I don't think Windows natively supports password-free logons using only key
files (but I might be wrong about that).

In any case, I'm not sure it's needed to support this scenario. Just set a
very long/random/complex password on the account.

Regards,

Bill

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