>> I'm fairly sure I tested it, and discovered that I needed to turn off
>> multiple things to stop it accepting my password as a valid login. But
>> since that was then and this is now, I guess I might be incorrect.
>>
>
> Did you at least refresh (aka reload) sshd when updating the configuration ?

Is rebooting the machine sufficient to do that?

If so, yes...

>> Imagine it: Going to all the trouble of setting up a secure system, and
>> not even knowing how to secure it properly...
>
> That's the issue with wrong administrators: they assume people do not
> have their own public key, and generate a pair for them... they need a
> clue (and some users too!).

The most mystifying part is, the first time we set it up, they did it 
right. Only the second time around did they insist that we use their key...

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