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authorMicah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>2008-09-26 16:59:55 -0400
committerMicah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>2008-09-26 16:59:55 -0400
commitd6f9d64d9b0d8befcf7437b2fe69b6e378971794 (patch)
treed101cc92c2e2dde564188c992ff3884276153d35
parent3bd90d741c35ae242befd955566e3f28cf76b81b (diff)
add comment about PAM auth to the Debian template (copied from the Gentoo one), as its useful info to
have available, due to the complexity of the option
-rw-r--r--templates/sshd_config/Debian_normal.erb9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/templates/sshd_config/Debian_normal.erb b/templates/sshd_config/Debian_normal.erb
index 989fa62..d9237c6 100644
--- a/templates/sshd_config/Debian_normal.erb
+++ b/templates/sshd_config/Debian_normal.erb
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ KeepAlive yes
#Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/sftp-server
+# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
+# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
+# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
+# PasswordAuthentication. Depending on your PAM configuration,
+# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
+# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
+# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
+# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
+# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
<%- if real_sshd_use_pam.to_s == 'yes' then %>
UsePAM yes
<%- else %>