Configure sshd to allow passwords

chef/cookbooks/metasploitable/files/sshd/sshd_config

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+# Package generated configuration file
+# See the sshd_config(5) manpage for details
+
+# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
+Port 22
+# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
+#ListenAddress ::
+#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
+Protocol 2
+# HostKeys for protocol version 2
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
+UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
+
+# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
+KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
+ServerKeyBits 1024
+
+# Logging
+SyslogFacility AUTH
+LogLevel INFO
+
+# Authentication:
+LoginGraceTime 120
+PermitRootLogin without-password
+StrictModes yes
+
+RSAAuthentication yes
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+#AuthorizedKeysFile	%h/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
+IgnoreRhosts yes
+# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
+RhostsRSAAuthentication no
+# similar for protocol version 2
+HostbasedAuthentication no
+# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
+#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
+
+# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
+PermitEmptyPasswords no
+
+# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
+# some PAM modules and threads)
+ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
+
+# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
+PasswordAuthentication yes
+
+# Kerberos options
+#KerberosAuthentication no
+#KerberosGetAFSToken no
+#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
+#KerberosTicketCleanup yes
+
+# GSSAPI options
+#GSSAPIAuthentication no
+#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes
+
+X11Forwarding yes
+X11DisplayOffset 10
+PrintMotd no
+PrintLastLog yes
+TCPKeepAlive yes
+#UseLogin no
+
+#MaxStartups 10:30:60
+#Banner /etc/issue.net
+
+# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
+AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
+
+Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
+
+# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
+# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
+# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
+# PasswordAuthentication.  Depending on your PAM configuration,
+# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
+# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
+# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
+# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
+# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
+UsePAM yes

chef/cookbooks/metasploitable/recipes/flags.rb

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ end
 
 cookbook_file '/etc/joker.png' do
   source 'flags/joker.png'
-  mode 644
+  mode 600
 end
 
 bash "load 8 of hearts into DB" do

chef/cookbooks/metasploitable/recipes/sshd.rb

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+#
+# Cookbook:: metasploitable
+# Recipe:: sshd
+#
+# Copyright:: 2017, Rapid7, All Rights Reserved.
+
+cookbook_file '/etc/ssh/sshd_config' do
+  source 'sshd/sshd_config'
+  mode 0644
+end
+
+service 'ssh' do
+  action :restart
+end

chef/cookbooks/metasploitable/recipes/unrealircd.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bash 'download and extract UnrealIRCd' do
     wget -c -t 3 -O /tmp/Unreal3.2.8.1_backdoor.tar.gz https://www.exploit-db.com/apps/752e46f2d873c1679fa99de3f52a274d-Unreal3.2.8.1_backdoor.tar_.gz
     mkdir /opt/unrealircd
     tar xvfz /tmp/Unreal3.2.8.1_backdoor.tar.gz -C /opt/unrealircd
-    chmod 755 /opt/unrealircd/Unreal3.2
+    chmod 700 /opt/unrealircd/Unreal3.2
   EOH
 end