Re: Uploading Public keys to SSH Secure Shell Server?

From: Darren Dunham (ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com)
Date: 10/20/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:24:00 GMT

TheJudge <kali@bca-group.com> wrote:
> Thanks Richard...

> I'll check this tomorrow morning but when u said this will not work for
> domain accounts do u mean the external users will not be able using the
> public key alone and they'll need the user and password in order to
> gain access, is that correct?

It means (at least with OpenSSH), that a public key authentication will
log you into the system, but you will have no domain privileges (can't
access remote servers/printers).

Basically the SSH server is only able to let the remote user into the
local system. It can't fake his actual domain authentication without
having the real password. OpenSSH will only use one of public key or
password, not both. Other servers may do this differently (requiring
both for instance). 

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham@taos.com
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