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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:22:12 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: sshd authentication
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On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 03:28:56PM -0600, Chetan Tiwari wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This may be a basic question, but I was wondering if there was any way
> to setup the SSH Daemon so that it authenticates users based on a text
> file or a SQL database, rather than the default passwd file/NT security
> authentication.

No.  You can use public key authentication instead of password auth.

Corinna

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