By charlie, Mon, 05/25/2009 - 01:14
Quick start guide at http://augeas.net/tour.html

Configure ssh to not allow PasswordAuthentication

[root@server ~] export AUGEAS_ROOT=/root/augeas-sandbox
[root@server ~] mkdir $AUGEAS_ROOT
[root@server ~] cp -pr /etc $AUGEAS_ROOT
[root@server ~] grep PasswordAuthentication augeas-sandbox/etc/ssh/sshd_config
#PasswordAuthentication yes
# PasswordAuthentication, PermitEmptyPasswords, and 
[root@server ~] augtool -b
augtool> set /files/etc/ssh/sshd_config/PasswordAuthentication no
augtool> save
Saved 1 file(s)
[root@server ~]# grep PasswordAuthentication augeas-sandbox/etc/ssh/sshd_config
#PasswordAuthentication yes
# PasswordAuthentication, PermitEmptyPasswords, and 
PasswordAuthentication no