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Chages to sshd_config not disable password only login
I have Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS installed as a virtual machine (Windows Hyper-V). I am making the following changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
PubkeyAuthentication yes
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Possible to connect remotely only once. Repeated access required for second or more connection
My office laptop has Ubuntu 18.04 OS. I used to seamlessly connect via RDP(xRDP) and VSCode from my Windows laptop. Few weeks backs I was on short vacation and when I assumed my work I am not able ...
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ssh public key problem: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found
I have two users each with their own computers running Ubuntu. I want to remotely access one of them (say the desktop server) from the other one (say the client pc).
I'm trying to enable public key ...
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Network manager opened by itself
I left my computer on overnight because it had some updates to install, and I didn't feel like waiting for it to reboot just to shut it down. However, when I logged back in this morning, the network ...
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How to securely ssh into a machine at home over the internet
I will be travelling shortly, and I have a machine that run runs a bunch of cron jobs etc. I need to log in remotely to check the results of the jobs run and to do some work on the machine.
Here are ...
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Which is the most secure way to connect to the office network from outside? [closed]
For working remotely, I am looking for the most secure way of logging-in to office network from outside.
Being a data center, the minute chance of vulnerability issues cannot accepted.
Is open VPN ...
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can someone remotely access your ubuntu user account on your computer if they steal your ubuntu username and password
I would like to know if it is possible for someone who steals your ubuntu username and password to remotely access your ubuntu user account on your computer and even see what you are doing when you ...
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Accidentally accepted unknown IP to Desktop Sharing
I was using Desktop Sharing on 12.04 for some days, and there were a lot of connect requests from unknown IPs. One of the connect requests I accidentally agreed to because I mixed up the Agree-Deny-...
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Am I being hacked?
I recently let a hacker (who I met once and don't know too well) connect to my computer through (I guess it was remote access)- I had to fill in my IP on a third party website and click a button and ...
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Disable interactive SSH at user-level
I connect to a server I don't control via SSH.
I use public key access and don't need to be able to connect with a keyboard-interactive password.
I would like to disable keyboard-interactive access ...
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Disable password access through SSH?
I'm setting up a server for backing up my desktop box remotely. I want to prevent remote password access to the server, permitting only users with private keys (AKA my desktop box) to access it. How ...
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