How to exclude someone when PubkeyAuthentication no in sshd_config

Question

I want to set PubkeyAuthentication no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, but someone should be excluded, i.e: John

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '20 at 11:05

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Add something like this to your sshd_config:

Match User John
    PubkeyAuthentication yes

Don't forget to sudo systemctl reload sshd

answered Mar 23 '20 at 11:05

BulletBob

[root@login03 ~]# systemctl restart sshd and [root@login03 ~]# sudo systemctl reload sshd – stack Mar 25 '20 at 03:06
I got error message : Job for sshd.service invalid. – stack Mar 25 '20 at 03:08
my configuration content is:PubkeyAuthentication no Match User John PubkeyAuthentication yes – stack Mar 25 '20 at 03:12
Add something at the bottom of sshd_config, and it works OK!! – stack Mar 25 '20 at 03:30

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