On Thursday 31 May 2007 09:38, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> wrote:
> > > > Second, my id_dsa is my private key not my public key. My public
> > > > key is id_dsa.pub
> > >
> > > but you will need your private key to be authenticated. that's why
> > > it is *private*.
> >
> > That's right, so why does it:
> > ======================================
> > debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa <--this doesn't
> > exist debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa <--this is
> > my private key ======================================
>
> What is wrong with that? It just says it is trying to access id_rsa,
> not that there is one. So it fails, of course. So not existing key
> isn't a matter here. It's _debugging_ output, so not necessarily
> important information.
>
> Using the private key is absolutely normal. A test message is encrypted
> using it and is then being sent to the server, hence the term "offering".
>
> I don't see what you are wondering about here.
what's wrong there is that it's saying that id_dsa is a PUBLIC key. ;)
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