Force Key-Authentification only for root

Contoweb

• June 23, 2014 05:37

Hi everbody Is it possilble only force the SSH key-authentification for the root user? If I enable this option, each account need a SSH key... Thanks for your help! Cheers! Contoweb

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  quizknows

  • June 23, 2014 19:16

  In /etc/ssh/sshd_config set the PermitRootLogin setting as such: PermitRootLogin without-password This will force use of key-only logins for root, but other accounts can still use passwords.

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 23, 2014 20:03

  Hello :) Yes, the previous post is accurate. Remember to restart the SSHD service after making the change. Thank you.

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  Contoweb

  • June 23, 2014 21:07

  Wow, thanks for this replies :-) Works great! Should I prevent the SSh-Config for overwriting?

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  quizknows

  • June 23, 2014 23:11

  There should not be anything that should revert this change, so you should not need to change any permissions on the sshd_config file.

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  Contoweb

  • June 25, 2014 14:44

  Thanks :-)

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