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Re: ssh

From Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: ssh
Date 2018-11-19 14:40 +0100
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:32:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 07:28:15AM +0000, Michael Howard wrote:
>> Don't get too hung up on it all.
>>
>> If the account needs login access then give it. Create or use an account
>> with a shell of your choice and a secure password. You don't need to
>> remember the password, as you are using keys, so it can be ridiculously
>> secure.
>
>If you're only going to login to the account using ssh keys, you don't
>need to give it a valid password hash at all.  Just put a string of
>rubbish (English words qualify) in the hash field of /etc/shadow.

Don't do that. Just use a *.

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