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> > - password logins enabled

> The default. Super common.

This always seems bonkers to me. I think SSHD should give you ONE password free connection of setup to copy your key over and then it just shuts the door behind it.

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I think it has to be a time limited FREE offer. (like, seriously, what if the user doesn't take the offer?)

It might actually a good idea, but I would likely avoid it since my built-in Bayesian filter would just mark it as spam.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted as from security standpoint that would be the right thing to do; but actual good server providers take it up a notch and allow you to upload the public key through their admin panel during server set up and the password you get only works locally for sudo etc. There's no reason why a fresh Linux setup should ever offer a publicly available SSH server with password based auth out of the box.

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