Re: [tlug] openssh on Centos 5.2

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Curt Sampson wrote:
> ... if both 'UsePAM yes' and 'PasswordAuthentication no' are set, does it allow password authentication anyway?
>   

PasswordAuthentication no has no effect on UsePAM it only disables
openssh's builtin password authentication.  So yes, it would let you
login with a password even with PasswordAuthentication no.  This is a
pretty nasty usability bug with the openssh configuration file.

Edward