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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Locking down a user with a shell account and SSH access
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 00:34:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130702003417.514e43d9@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw0fijDtZ5XZFnrD_cd5L7k+jr=EL8D8am_NJPthv3hWYg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:24:29 -0700, Grant wrote:

> My backup user needs a shell on the backup server in order to execute
> rsync and needs to be included in /etc/ssh/sshd_config AllowUsers in
> order to SSH in.  My authorized_keys file is locked-down.  The second
> field for the user in /etc/shadow is an exclamation point which I
> think means the user can not log in with a password.  Should I take
> any additional steps to prevent that user from logging in and not
> being subject to the authorized_keys restrictions?

What about "PasswordAuthentication no"?


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Every time I jump on the bandwagon all its wheels fall off.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-01 23:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-01 23:24 [gentoo-user] Locking down a user with a shell account and SSH access Grant
2013-07-01 23:34 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2013-07-02  6:33   ` Grant
2013-07-02  6:39     ` Adam Carter
2013-07-02  7:44     ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-18 16:21       ` Grant
2013-07-18 18:32         ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-18 19:58 ` Paul Hartman

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