Revisions to Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?

Minor formatting, reword link removal explanation

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edited Jul 19, 2022 at 9:24

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It would be SSH miss configurationmisconfiguration at server end. Server side sshd_configsshd_config file has to be edited. Located, it is located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In

In that file, change variables

'yes'yes to 'no'no for ChallengeResponseAuthenticationChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthenticationPasswordAuthentication, UsePAMUsePAM
'no'no to 'yes'yes for PubkeyAuthenticationPubkeyAuthentication

Based on ... (linkLink to original source is now pointing to spam and was removed).

It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on ... (link is spam)

It would be SSH misconfiguration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited, it is located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

In that file, change variables

yes to no for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
no to yes for PubkeyAuthentication

(Link to original source is now pointing to spam and was removed).

This link http://kaotickreation.com/2008/05/21/disable-ssh-password-authentication-for-added-security/ is just spam

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edit approved Jul 19, 2022 at 9:24

Brain

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It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on http://kaotickreation.com/2008/05/21/disable-ssh-password-authentication-for-added-security/... (link is spam)

It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on http://kaotickreation.com/2008/05/21/disable-ssh-password-authentication-for-added-security/

It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on ... (link is spam)

This is also the location and name of the file for Red Hat based OSs, and every other OS that uses openssh.

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edited Oct 14, 2015 at 21:33

Tom Hunt

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It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for Debian and Red Hat. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on http://kaotickreation.com/2008/05/21/disable-ssh-password-authentication-for-added-security/

It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for Debian and Red Hat. In that file, change variables

'yes' to 'no' for ChallengeResponseAuthentication, PasswordAuthentication, UsePAM
'no' to 'yes' for PubkeyAuthentication

Based on http://kaotickreation.com/2008/05/21/disable-ssh-password-authentication-for-added-security/

It would be SSH miss configuration at server end. Server side sshd_config file has to be edited. Located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. In that file, change variables