On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:27:55PM -0400, Tim Young wrote: > When I try using ssh keys, I get the following in my /var/log/secure file: > Did not receive identification string from .... ... > *Both* of them report back to me with a: > It was not possible to log into the remote host. Nessus report the > following error: > [public key authentication failed | password authentication failed]
Assuming that the private key you're trying to use is '/home/test/nessus/ssh_key' and that you're using the account 'nessus' and targetting 192.168.1.44, try running the following from the nessusd host: ssh -v -i /home/test/nessus/ssh_key [EMAIL PROTECTED] id What do you see? George -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
