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From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
To: cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: sshd permits logon using disabled user?
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:17:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHSx_Su2bB-5cPRkDqGXEpPwmfP_h_=zryDRt9pK0kr5uGDCcg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANV9t=RKcVJX8=NuenDaHDq79CMkT--yerjEZwiPtk+5DtxOBQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:13 AM Bill Stewart wrote:
> I don't think Windows natively supports password-free logons using only key
> files (but I might be wrong about that).

Don't forget that sshd_config fully supports disabling passwords.  You
can turn a password off for a single user via:

Match User foobar
    PasswordAuthentication no

Or set the "PasswordAuthentication no" as the default for all users.

..wayne..

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-24 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-24 13:28 Bill Stewart
2019-01-24 15:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-24 15:51   ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-24 15:59     ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-24 16:16       ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-24 16:36         ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-24 17:01           ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-26 19:05         ` Andrey Repin
2019-01-24 16:49   ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-24 20:23     ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-24 20:37       ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-25 16:56         ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-24 17:52   ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-24 17:58     ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-24 18:13       ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-24 19:17         ` Wayne Davison [this message]
2019-01-24 19:22           ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-26 19:20     ` Andrey Repin
     [not found] <1690850474.834980.1548391349102.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2019-01-25  4:42 ` matthew patton via cygwin
2019-01-25 10:36   ` Stefan Baur
2019-01-25 15:34     ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-25 17:48       ` Stephen Paul Carrier
2019-01-25 18:03         ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-27 17:48           ` Sam Edge (Cygwin)
2019-01-27 22:10             ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-28 13:35               ` Sam Edge
2019-01-28  9:59           ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-28 15:02             ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-28 16:52               ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-28 17:19                 ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-28 18:39                   ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-28 20:14                     ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-28 21:50                       ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-28 22:24                         ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-29 11:57                         ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-29 12:12                           ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-29 17:05                             ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-01-29 18:18                               ` Bill Stewart
2019-01-29 18:30                                 ` Corinna Vinschen

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