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NCP Exam - Question 114


An administrator has a cluster in a secure environment. The administrator wants to disable password authentication over SSH to access the cluster.

Which configuration should the administrator use to disable password authentication over SSH?

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Correct Answer: AB

To disable password authentication over SSH, the administrator needs to modify the SSH configuration on each host. This typically involves editing the SSH daemon configuration file (usually found at /etc/ssh/sshd_config) and setting 'PasswordAuthentication' to 'no'. This change needs to be applied to each host to ensure that password-based SSH access is disabled cluster-wide. Other options like enabling cluster lockdown in Prism or configuring a proxy server do not directly address the SSH configuration settings required to disable password authentication.

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QueVeuxTuOption: B
Mar 9, 2021

Coorect answer is B : https://next.nutanix.com/how-it-works-22/cluster-lockdown-38056

HealthyGeneralOption: B
Mar 26, 2022

Checked in production. Prism Element, Settings, Cluster Lockdown, quote... "Cluster Lockdown disables the ability to login to the cluster via SSH password-challenge."