setting a password less ssh connection
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Fri May 19 18:22:01 UTC 2006
Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> hicham wrote:
>> Hello
>> I'm having trouble to set a passwordless ssh connection between many
>> pcs ,
>> I've found lot on the web about exchanging public keys but i still
>> cannot make it password less
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> hicham
>>
> I believe if you enable:
>
> #PermitEmptyPasswords no
>
> and change to "yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then restart you sshd, it
> should allow no passwords. Personally, I recommend against remote
> access w/o passwords.
>
> Stephen Mirowski
>
I echo the concern about empty passwords. Without the password any
hacker can ssh to any of your computers and get on. This is very bad!
Even a stupid Hacker could delete your entire directory. And a smart one
would delete your entire computer!
Karl
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