please read the documentation carefully.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:04:41PM +0000, Tommy Svensson wrote:
> I'm new to this list. I tried to search the archives, but wasn't sure
> what to search for so I didn't find anything relevant.
> I have been using openssh with password authentication for a while, and
> that is simple. The password authentication doesn't however seem secure
> enough,
why does it not "seem secure enough"?
> so I've been trying to setup public key authentication. In this I
> have failed completely, and have come to the conclusion that I haven't
> got a single clue as to what I'm doing!
> I have read all the man pages over and over and over ..., I have
> generated rsa keys and put then under $HOME/.ssh/ as identity and
> identity.pub. I have generated dsa keys and put them in the same place as
> id_dsa and id_dsa.pub. I have put ”PubkeyAuthentication yes” and
> ”Protocol 2” in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restarted sshd. I have added
> both private keys to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
you have to add the PUBLIC keys to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> When I try to login with ”ssh -i ~/.ssh/identity.pub localhost” or ”ssh
> -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub localhost” I only get the ”Permission denied
you have to use the PRIVATE keys for login, e.g.
ssh -i ~/.ssh/identity
> (publickey).” response. I can't say that I have any understanding of
> cryptography at all. I thought it made sense to use the public keys in
> the ssh call, but I also tried the private with the same result.
> Any help is appreciated. I think I need a step by step instruction ;-)
> Best Regards, Tommy Svensson
>
