servers:secure_shell

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Force Public Key Authentication
Secure Authorized Keys

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OpenSSH server notes
See SSH Client notes for clients

Force Public Key Authentication

Be sure to generate/restore keys and to copy to server before disabling passwords
See SSH Client notes
Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config to see what directory is used for .conf files if this doesn't work
Tested on Ubuntu 20.04

echo 'PasswordAuthentication no' | sudo tee '/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/custom-pubkey-only.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/custom-pubkey-only.conf'

sudo -e '/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/custom-pubkey-only.conf'

Secure Authorized Keys

ArchWiki

chmod '400' ~/'.ssh/authorized_keys'

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