[vox-tech] sshd_config and PasswordAuthentication

[Jay Strauss]

> No.
> 
> The authentication is handled by SSH using the public/private keypair.
> The system password itself isn't involved in the authentication at all.
> 
> It's possible to have users whose remote passwords are unknown or
> disabled by this method.  This is the case for a number of remote hosts
> I access regularly.
> 
> 
> Peace.
> 

Karsten, I apologize, I didn't realize I hadn't responded.  Thanks for 
all the info.

I think you are talking about passwordless authentication, ie 
public/private keypair, where once it's setup, all I have to do is logon 
to boxA then can ssh to boxB without typing a password.  I've done this 
on a number of my boxes (currently and in the past).

I didn't realize that PasswordAuthentication was related to the above. 
I thought you were telling me that when this is set to "no" then I still 
type my password, then some magic happens, and I login to the remote box 
but I never send my password down the line.

thanks
Jay