On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:14:35AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, Bruce.  On the server [ 6.0p1 ] I have
> 
> > AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys
> 
>    This means nothing on the server.  Is it in /etc/ssh/sshd_cpnfig?
> 
 yes, on the server in sshd_config I have

AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys
> > Subsystem       sftp    /usr/sbin/sftp-server
> > PermitRootLogin no
> >
> >   On the desktop I don't have any config in ~/.ssh/
> 
> That's optional.  In many cases I needed to log on as a different user 
> and sometimes had issues with networrk timeouts (ServerAlive*).  I like 
> to disable sshv1 also since it's not secure.
> 
> 
> >   ssh -v gives me a lot of information, finishing with
> > debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
> > debug1: Trying private key: /home/ken/.ssh/id_rsa
> 
> See 
> http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/5096/rsa-vs-dsa-for-ssh-authentication-keys
> 
> Be sure to read the responses.
> 
> I use dsa because of the the (now obsolete) patent issues and I don't 
> need to change for my purposes.
> 

 It seems good enough for me.

> > no such identity: /home/ken/.ssh/id_rsa: No such file or directory
> > debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/ken/.ssh/id_dsa
> 
> It looks like that's not being accepted.  Do you have id_dsa.pub in the 
> remote ~/.ssh/authorized_keys?
> 
 No, it's in ~/.ssh/ itself.

 Thanks anyway.

ĸen
-- 
das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce
-- 
http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support
FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html
Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Reply via email to