Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:25:13 -0600 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> To: <mike@ascendency.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ssh missing 'login as' prompt Message-ID: <06a501c3a1a9$df3986a0$0201a8c0@dredster> References: <200311022134.hA2LYJ408147@fat_man.ascendency.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Loiterman" <mike@ascendency.net> To: "'Kevin Stevens'" <kevin_stevens@pursued-with.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: RE: Ssh missing 'login as' prompt > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kevin Stevens <mailto:kevin_stevens@pursued-with.net> wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2003, at 22:25, Mike Loiterman wrote: > > > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Whenever I try to ssh into my machie, it just goes straight to > >> user@host password: by passing the traditional login as: . How can > >> I turn that back on? > > > > Remove the client machine's public key from the server's > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file for that user id. > > > > KeS > > That works but only temporarily. The next time I login, it goes > directly to the password prompt. Am I fooling myself? Is it any > more secure to get a login as: prompt and then a password prompt as > compared to just going directly to a password prompt? > > - ------------------------------ > Mike Loiterman > grantADLER > Tel: 630-302-4944 > Fax: 773-868-0071 > Email: mike@ascendency.net > PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > What you're describing is normal behavior for ssh. Telnet does the same thing from a fbsd to fbsd system. It uses the login id on the connecting terminal as the user to auth against on the remote. I would recommend using an rsa pass phrase instead of the password if you wish it to be more secure. -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-917-0600
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