HP-UX Secure Shell Getting Started Guide

2. Create a user name in the HP-UX Secure Shell server that the HP-UX Secure Shell client can
use to connect to the HP-UX Secure Shell server.
3. To ensure that the sshd daemon is running, run the following command on the server
system:
$ ps -ef grep sshd
4. To connect to the server, run the following command on the client system:
$ ssh -o “PreferredAuthenticationspassword” user@remotehost
Where:
user Specifies the user name that you will use to connect to the HP-UX Secure
Shell server.
remotehost Specifies the name of the server to which you want to connect.
The server prompts for the password for user.
NOTE: Ensure that the HP-UX Secure Shell server contains the user name (user) you will
use to connect to the HP-UX Secure Shell server.
5. Enter the password for the user.
The server checks whether the given password matches with the password for user1 in
the /etc/passwd file. If the passwords match, the server allows the client to connect to the
server.
Configuring Password Authentication Using the /etc/pam.conf File
To configure password authentication in HP-UX Secure Shell using the /etc/pam.conf file,
follow these steps:
1. In the /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config file in the server, set the following directives:
UsePAM yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
2. In the /etc/pam.conf file, set the authentication method to any PAM module listed in
Table 4-1.
You must select the PAM module depending on the authentication method that you want
to use with PAM.
Table 4-1 summarizes the PAM modules and the corresponding library names.
Table 4-1 PAM Modules and Library Names
LibraryPAM Module
/usr/lib/security/libpam_unix.1PAM_UNIX
/usr/lib/security/libpam_ldap.1PAM_LDAP
/usr/lib/security/libpam_krb5.1PAM_KERBEROS
/usr/lib/security/libpam_dce.1PAM_DCE
/usr/lib/security/libpam_ntlm.1PAM_NTLM
NOTE: The PAM library for the PA-RISC architecture has a suffix of .1. For the Itanium
architecture, the PAM library has a suffix of .so.1. For example, the PAM_NTLM library for
PA-RISC is libpam_ntlm.1 and for Itanium is libpam_ntlm.so.1.
3. In the /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config file on the server and the client, set the following
directive:
36 Configuring HP-UX Secure Shell Authentication Methods