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securing SSH and disabling direct root

In these instructions below what appears on my terminal is different so not sure what I should change. After port 22 mine says #AddressFamily any and further down for protocol it has longer line ...
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How do I SSH into my Samba file server?

So I made a dedicated Samba file server on my Debian(3.2) machine. I have had great success accessing it from both Windows and Unix. I can SSH into it on the local network. When I try to SSH into it ...
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Close ssh session that has ControlPersist and is kept alive in the background

I have ControlPersist 4h in my .ssh/config and it works perfectly, Every now and then I need to connect to this server that requires some special authentication, and if I don't use that account for ...
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.ssh/config way to spectify pseudo-tty allocation and command execution (like screen)

Is there any way to specify, in .ssh/config, a command like: ssh -t remote-host "screen -dR screen_name" so I can easily access the remote screen session with ssh remote-host? Right now I solved ...
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wrapper command for sshd_config?

Is there a command to set settings in sshd_config, instead of manually editing the file? I would prefer it to do this way, because it's easier to automate. Otherwise I'd have to grep config with my ...
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Why don't Page U/Down, Home/End work in less on Solaris over ssh from Ubuntu?

I need to work on a Solaris server over ssh from my Ubuntu (Lucid) laptop. I got Home/End Insert/Delete Page Up/Down working in csh and bash using bindkey and ~/.inputrc, respectively. But I can't ...
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What does the options `ServerAliveInterval` and `ClientAliveInterval` in sshd_config do, precisely?

I found this question, but I'm sorry I don't quite understand the settings on the two variables ServerAliveInterval and ClientAliveInterval mentioned in the accepted response. If my local server is ...
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Is it possible to break long lines in sshd_config?

Specifically AllowUsers parameter: e.g. convert this AllowUsers user1 user2 user3 user4 to this AllowUsers user1 user2 user3 user4