- Password Authentication Ssh Config
- Add Password To Ssh Config File
- Ssh Config Add Password
- Password Ssh Configuration
One of the basic SSH hardening step is to disable password based SSH login.
You know that you can use ssh with the root or other account’s password to login remotely into a Linux server.
26.2.4 Packet Tracer – Configure Secure Passwords and SSH Answers Packet Tracer – Configure Secure Passwords and SSH (Answers Version) Answers Note: Red font color or gray highlights indicate text that appears in the instructor copy only. Addressing Table Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway RTA G0/0 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0 N/A PCA NIC 172.16.1.10 Continue reading. To enable SSH password authentication, you must SSH in as root to edit this file: /etc/ssh/sshdconfig. Then, change the line. PasswordAuthentication no. PasswordAuthentication yes. After making that change, restart the SSH service by running the following command as root: sudo service ssh restart Enable Logging In as root. MYPASSENVVAR=SomePassword MYPASSWDFROMFILE=$ (.
But this poses a security risk because a huge numbers of bots are always trying to login to your system with random passwords. This is called brute force attack.
You don’t believe me? You can check the logins on your Linux server. You’ll be surprised to see so many failed attempts on your server.
Password Authentication Ssh Config
This is why you should use a strong password. The proper way to deal with them is to use a tool like fail2ban. Another way is to disable password based authentication so that no one can connect via login password.
In this way, only those systems that have their public ssh keys added to the server (called key-based authentication) will be able to connect to server. Read about setting up ssh configuration.
Disable SSH password authentication
Before you do that, you must keep the following things in mind:
- Make sure to create your ssh key-pair on your personal/work computer and add this public SSH key to the server so that at least you can login to the server.
- Disabling password based authentication means you cannot ssh into your server from random computers.
- You must not lose your ssh keys. If you format your personal computer and lose the ssh keys, you’ll never be able to access the server.
- If you are locked out, you will not be able to access your server ever.
Some cloud server providers like Linode and UpCloud provide VNC console that could still help you.
Add Password To Ssh Config File
Only disable password based SSH authentication if you are familiar with SSH and other sysadmin concepts. You should also know how to use a terminal based text editor like Vim or Nano.
Okay. So now you know the risks associated with disabling SSH logins via password. Let’s see how to do it.
![Ssh Ssh](/uploads/1/1/8/2/118237512/943980042.png)
Login as root to your Linux server using key based authentication. Use an editor like Nano or Vim to edit the following file:
Find the following line:
And change it to:
![Password Ssh Config Password Ssh Config](/uploads/1/1/8/2/118237512/430790173.jpg)
If there is a # (means commented out) at the beginning of that line, remove it.
Save the file after making these changes and restart the SSH service using this command:
Ssh Config Add Password
That’s it. You have successfully disabled password based authentication in SSH.
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