This is how the ssh daemon should be configured on band site hosting servers.

See also: Creating a Band Site Hosting Server

Generate ssh key pairs for all users who need them.

# ssh-keygen -t rsa

- default file location is correct
- for root, password can be left blank. Other accounts should include one.

# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Keep track of that output.
Configure the user in Gitosis

$ cd /path/to/gitosis/repo
$ vim keydir/root@bandsX.bombplates.com.pub

Paste the results of the above cat command. Save and exit

$ vim gitosis.conf

Add root@bandsX.bombplates.com to the BombplatesRoot group

This should be done for each user that will need to scp/ssh from bandsX.bombplates.com to bombplates.com

$ git add keydir/root@bandsX.bombplates.com.pub gitosis.confg [any other keydir/*.pub files you added]
$ git commit
$ git push

Configure the sshd:
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication no

restart sshd

# /etc/init.d/sshd restart