Dustinnnnnnnn! Please spare me, look up here you did not say that it was already working with server; look at number 3 of the original question. Anyway, I had the same problem and I fixed it by changing a variable in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf of the remote machine. Since you are getting a password prompt I assumed that you need to set RequirePassword to no.
Here are some notes: 1. In PuTTY you have to have the path to the key under the Auth tab for each server you have saved. I think I kept getting password prompts as well and but not remember clearly even if I had already changed sshd_conf at this point. 2. In the server you need StrictModes no, PubKeyAuthentication yes, AuthorizedKeyFile .ssh/authorized_keys, PasswordAuthentication no. I KNOW YOU DID THIS BUT HERE IT IS ANYWAY 3. Convert the key with ssh-keygen -l -f RSAKEY > authorized_keys and put it under /cygwin/home/username/.ssh. You said you did this with PuTTY, id did it under cygwin ssh. 4. A LITTLE TRICK, right click the upper left corner of the PuTTY prompt window after the authentication failure or success and you will see an entry for the EVENT LOG. Weird Place to look for, isn't it? Once again oh mighty Dustin, please forgive my mischiefs and spare me from future humiliation. I could not bear any more blood between our families and as a token of my good will, I shall, forever, leave da-bush-alone. Candidly, Alvaro Zu?iga On Thursday 24 July 2003 11:16 pm, Dustin Puryear wrote: > I already converted the key using pageant, which I can prove since I was > able to log into the first server without entering a password. Since the > first server worked and the second didn't, even though they both have the > same public key installed under ~/.ssh I figure it must be an agent > forwarding issue with putty. > > The letter is forthcoming! > > At 10:29 PM 7/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Dustin: > >I just read your posting again and this paper will address your issue in > >glorious detail. Your authenticatioon is not working because you have to > >converted your public key from putty using cygwin and save it under .ssh > > on the remote machine with the name authenticated-keys ( or something > > like that, it is in the paper ). You might also want to look at the > > Password and RSA variables but it sounds like you already did that since > > itt was working with cygwin( using RSA I assume ). > > > >Please do not send me letters, I have enough threats from my creditors > > ;-) > > > >Alvaro Zuniga > > > >On Thursday 24 July 2003 03:48 pm, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > At 10:50 AM 7/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Sounds like you need to deactivate PasswordAuthenticatioon and > > > > activate RSA authenticatioon in in /etc/ssh/sshd.conf. > > > > > > > >Check out the section about PuTTY right here: > > > > > > > >http://home.hiwaay.net/~gstarche/ExerciseSupplemental-Cygwin-VNC.pdf > > > > > > 1. It was all working before when I used ssh-agent and ssh. > > > 2. It fails now even though I am using putty and pageant (the putty > > > authentication agent). The agent lets me into the first server without > > > any fuss, but agent forwarding doesn't seem to work right. > > > > > > I will write a strongly worded letter to anyone else that doesn't fully > > > read what I wrote before responding. I will then send that letter to > > > your home address to strike fear in your heart. Oh yes, I'll do it! > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> > > > Providing expertise in the management, integration, and > > > security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> > Providing expertise in the management, integration, and > security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
