On Thursday 09 Jul 2015 17:14:41 walt wrote: > An upstream change in pam_ssh-2.1 requires you to add a new > subdirectory: ~/.ssh/login_keys.d/ and in that directory you must > create a symlink to ~/.ssh/id_rsa in order to be able to ssh in by > using your ssh passphrase instead of your password. > > When you login (or ssh in) you will now see a prompt for "SSH > passphrase:" instead of the old "Password:" prompt. > > This could be confusing if you don't use an ssh passphrase, but your > password will still be accepted as usual. > > I'm wondering what problem this change is solving for us. I already > know at least one problem it created ;)
I recall setting 'UsePAM no' to disable passwd authentication once upon a time, in favour of public key authentication. Not sure what is the right way to achieve the same or what effect this latest change may have. -- Regards, Mick
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