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Wait, if you disable password authenticated SSH, how do you log into the server?
by huytersd 3y ago
Wait, if you disable password authenticated SSH, how do you log into the server?
- jxcl 3y agoPublic key authentication, with your private keys in your .ssh folder and your public key in the server’s .ssh/authorized_keys file
- gumby 3y agoYou can have a password on the client end to unlock access to the keys, if you like. The point of ssh is to use the keys for authentication. Having the ssh server permit password login is a back-compatible legacy from the telnet days and has been functionally obsolete for decades.