chiro-hiro/disable-ssh-password-login-macos.md

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How to disable SSH password login on MacOS

Raw

sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/100-macos.conf

Add this to file content:

UsePAM no
PasswordAuthentication no
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

Save the file with :wq then restart sshd

sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd
sudo launchctl start com.openssh.sshd

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