On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Dennis DiMaria <[email protected]> wrote: > I just downloaded and installed hadoop ver 0.200.1 and cygwin 1.5.25-15 > and installed them (Windows XP.) I'm having trouble with ssh. When I > enter "ssh localhost" I'm prompted for a password. I can enter it and I > can log in successfully. So I ran these two commands: > > > > $ ssh-keygen -t dsa -P '' -f ~/.ssh/id_dsa > $ cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > > > > But I'm still prompted for a password. Did I miss something when > configuring ssh? The files created in .ssh look ok. > > > > Btw, I am able to run one of the example hadoop applications in > Standalone mode and it works. > > > > I'm following the instructions in: > > > > http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/quickstart.html#Local > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Dennis > > More then likely this is the permissions of the authorized keys file. Make sure: chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Make sure: file is owned by proper user Make sure: drwx------ .ssh You can tune up the verbosity of your ssh server to troubleshoot this more.
There are lots of ssh key tutorials out there. Good hunting.
