Mick wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2008, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 01 December 2008, Eric Martin wrote: >>> What did you use to generate the key? Also, what does the client / >>> server say for the key fail? >> I used something like: ssh-keygen -v -t rsa -b 2048. I have even generated >> a second key pair and tried that too, with no success. >> >> The client messages are in the first message I sent to the list - basically >> showing this: >> ==================================================== >> debug1: Connection established. >> debug3: timeout: 14828 ms remain after connect >> debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /home/michael/.ssh/.ssh/id_rsa. >> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN' >> debug3: key_read: missing keytype >> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'Proc-Type:' >> debug3: key_read: missing keytype >> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'DEK-Info:' >> debug3: key_read: missing keytype >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> . . . >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END' >> debug3: key_read: missing keytype >> ==================================================== >> >> The server messages are shown here: >> >> http://pastebin.centos.org/22705 > > I have now also tried to generate a key pair on the server, move the private > key over to the client and then try to login - still no result! :-( > > It has to be some sort of incompatibility between the two versions of > OpenSSH. > Don't know what else to assume with this problem.
It definitely looks like the server doesn't like your private key. Did you remember to update(read: add) the public key on the server? Also, I generated an ssh key using the exact same syntax that you used and my key looks different that what I can glean about your key. The ---BEGIN, Proc-Type and DEK-Info lines are in an old dsa key I created, while the rsa key just says ------------BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY--------- followed by key data. The DSA key says the same, except DSA as opposed to RSA. From the logs it looks like w formatting issue, given the whitespace errors. have you tried loading your key into an agent? try: ssh-agent /bin/bash ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa This will unlock your key and let that session authenticate for you. It also has the nice side effect of checking if your private key is a real private key. The only time I have a problem w/pub/private keys is when I create them on a windows box and try to export it to ssh. The other way around always works for me. HTH -- Eric Martin Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F
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