On Saturday 13 September 2003 15:27 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > On 09/13/03 10:09, Bruce Marshall wrote: > > On Saturday 13 September 2003 12:38 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > >>I've setup & used ssh public keys many times before. All of a > >> sudden, i can't get it to work at all. It works on the boxes where > >> i've set it up in the past, but new ones just fail to work. > >> > >>The servers are all RH-7.3. I thought that all that was required > >> was: 0) on the client box, run "ssh-keygen -t dsa", hit enter at > >> all the prompts, and i'll end up with ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub. > >>1) I then need to place the contents of that file on the server in > >>~/.ssh/authorized_keys. > >>2) ssh to the server, and i shouldn't be prompted for a password. > >> > >>this isn't happening. i'm still prompted for a password. am i > >>missing something obvious? > > > > That's all I've ever done but two things to think about: > > > > 1) It seems the filename of the auth file changes from time to time. > > But it probably has to do with the release of openssh. Right now > > in my ~/.ssh I have both an authorized_keys file and an > > authorized_keys2 file. > > Tried that, no change. > > > 2) Edit your dsa file and look at the very end of the record. You > > might have a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at the end. You can remove the > > whole thing I think or at least the @hostname part. > > Tried that too, no change. urgl
How about this in your /etc/sshd_conf ? # Change to no to disable s/key passwords ChallengeResponseAuthentication no -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/13/03 15:52 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Consciousness: that annoying time between naps." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
