>> The solution may not be complex. Trying to find it in the documentation
>> often is.
>
> man sshd_config
>
> Search manpage.

And now there are *two* problems... ;-)

In seriousness, manpages are, by definition, *reference* documentation. 
What the standard Unix system lacks entirely is any kind of *explanation*.

>> Now explain how to generate a keypair and put the public half on the
>> list of acceptable clients.
>
> ssh-keygen
>
> Then copy the id_rsa.pub (or id_dsa.pub) file to the ~/.ssh directory on
> the target system.
>
> Problem solved.

That's... interesing. I'm damned /sure/ the manpage said to put the 
files into /etc/sshd or similar. And to edit the SSH configuration file 
to tell it what (local) user account goes with a given key. And how many 
simultaneous logins that user can have, what their shell is, and a bunch 
of other complicated stuff...

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