This page is for configuring authentication-related options for your
SSH server. Some of the less obvious options are :
- Allow authentication by password
- If this is set to No, users will need to have their .ssh directory
setup with a public key before being able to login. If set to Yes, the
user will be allowed to enter a password for authentication if validation
cannot be done using a public key.
- Allow RSA authentication?
- If this is set to No, users will always need to enter their password
even if their public key has been set up.
- Check permissions on key files?
- If set to Yes, the SSH server will check each user's .ssh
directory and any parent directories to make sure they are not group
writable, and the .ssh/identity file to make sure it is not
readable by anyone else. If set to No, no checking of file permissions
will be done.