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? Ralf -- 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/