Tutoring on SSD/SSH

Michael Hipp MHipp
Mon May 17 11:35:17 PDT 2004


On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 19:53, Andrew Mathews wrote:
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up a host (ssd) so that it will accept ssh logins only
> > from a client with a prearranged key. But after lots of RTFM, I still
> > just don't get it. Can someone clue me in to the basic steps?
> 
> The host machine must be running the ssh daemon, usually 
> /usr/local/sbin/sshd to accept connections. From the client use the ssh 
> (or ssh2) command, usually /usr/local/bin/ssh(2) such as:
> ssh2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    Use the -l flag to login as a different user 
> such as: ssh2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -l root

Thanks. But I've got the sshd running and accepting connections. What I
want is to tell it to only accept connections from the clients that have
a particular key. As it is, it will accept connections from anyone that
cares to fling an ssh connect at it.

Any help?

Thanks,
Michael




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