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Turning off PermitRootLogin in sshd prevents any user to connect
I have a Debian bullseye virtual machine in OVH cloud. Allowing ssh login as root is non-secure, so I decided to turn it off in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by commenting out the line PermitRootLogin yes. ...
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Problems trying to keep SSH session alive "forever"
I know there are many questions/articles about this topic. But... I tried a bunch of them and nothing seems to make my SSH connection alive "forever".
I'm currently working from MacOs BigSur ...
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ssh permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive)
Why I insist on asking a question
I've done a quick search on this problem and done a few solutions that have been said. None worked.
What I did
Termux as host. Installed apt install openssh, ...
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SSH not passing LANG environment variable
I'm running a Debian server (uname -v output #1 SMP Debian 4.9.65-3+deb9u1 (2017-12-23)). When I log in from any of several clients (macOS 10.13 laptop with default ssh, the "Prompt" app on iOS, among ...
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bad ownership or modes for chroot directory "/var/www"
I am getting following error in auth.log when trying to connect to site using SFTP.
fatal: bad ownership or modes for chroot directory "/var/www"
ls -ld of this directory shows this:
drwxrwxr-x ...
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As an unprivileged user, how can I configure sshd to allow only specified commands to be executed when it's autheticated with a password?
I usually log in to a SSH server (where I'm an unprivileged user) by using my public keys. I also use authentication by a password when I use the server as a git-annex
repository.
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SSH vs Apache port 443
I want move SSH to port 443, but is used by https. In /etc/apache2/ports.conf I commented the lines for listen by this port. In the default site available also commented the lines. For finish, I ...
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Can't disable SSHD banner
So, I have a WD MyBookLive NAS, which runs an ugly PPC build of Debian Squeeze. It has SSH access enabled, and when I log in, I get a long banner message (closer to an epic saga in length) about "Don'...
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Trying to setup SSH RSA auth on a debian machine.
I am trying to set up ssh on a debian machine. I have a pair of keys generated with putty, I load my private key with Pageant, and the public one I uploaded on the server, and paste it in /home/user/....
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Does the rc.local script start automatically?
I'm having a problem on my remote server (which is in another city) and I can't access it with SSH. I can see that port 80 and 443 is open, but port 22 isn't. I could only assume that sshd didn't ...
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Connection refused to my remote server
I rented this server, and I had connection with it with no problems through SSH. A friend of mine suggested trying to restart the server, because it'll definitely happen in the future, and I should ...