I don't know of any way to do it directly from sshd_config, but you can tell SSH to use PAM for auths. PAM might have a way to do that but I've never explored it deeply enough to tell you for sure.
David. -- David Ehle Computing Systems Manager CAPP CSRRI rm 077 LS Bld. IIT Main Campus Chicago IL 60616 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312-567-3751 On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > > How can I tell sshd to only accept a particular authentication > method for some users, while letting others to use any methods > they wish? > > One of our servers has two kinds of users: a group of > low-privileged ones and a few power users. The former class > may choose to log in by providing his password, but I want the > latter to use his private key, which I consider a more secure > alternative. On the other hand, they need to retain their unix > password, so I cannot just fill that with garbage. > > I've looked at the recent openssh sources but it didn't seem > to support this kind of distinction. One possibility I can > think of is PAM, but I don't know which module to use. > > Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. > > bit, > adam > > -- > 1024D/37B8D989 954B 998A E5F5 BA2A 3622 82DD 54C2 843D 37B8 D989 > finger://[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Some days, my soul's confined > http://www.keyserver.net | And out of mind > Sleep forever > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]