>> Damn. Setting up SSH has got a whole lot easier than when I tried to do
>> it with Debian a few years ago.
>>
>> I'm presuming it defaults to password authentication though? As I
>> recall, half the trouble was figuring out how to permanently and
>> irrevocably disable password authentication and *only* allow public key
>> authentication. (For one thing, you have to work out how to create a
>> keypair...)
>
> Yes, it defaults to password authentication.
>
> To disable password authentication, modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config to
> include:
>
> PasswordAuthentication no
>
> Done.

The solution may not be complex. Trying to find it in the documentation 
often is.

Now explain how to generate a keypair and put the public half on the 
list of acceptable clients.

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