On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:18:24PM +0100, Ralf Steinhaeusser wrote: > On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:07:02 -0800, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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". > > That's it, now everything works perfectly! > Thanks a lot. > > Btw: Is there a way to "restart" Cygwin, so changes in such a file > take effect without restarting Windows?
Cygwin is no service and has nothing to do with that file. What you want is restarting the sshd service. `net start' and `net stop' or `cygrunsrv' are your friend. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
