King Beowulf wrote: > On 02/24/2017 10:50 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: >> >>> debug1: Connecting to salmo [192.168.55.1] port <>. >>> debug1: Connection established. >> The two hosts can communicate. >> >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >>> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 >>> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >> Not finding the public key. >> >>> debug1: Host '[salmo]:21498' is known and matches the ED25519 host key. >>> debug1: Found key in /home/rshepard/.ssh/known_hosts:1 >> Found the public key. >> > That's the HOST (/etc/ssh) key to allow the 2 computers to connect. ssh > only allows connections to TRUSTED hosts which it checks in file > "known_hosts" This is NOT the key that allows login user authentication. > > >>> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received >>> debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey >>> debug1: Next authentication method: publickey >>> debug1: Trying private key: /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_rsa >>> debug1: Trying private key: /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_dsa >>> debug1: Trying private key: /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ecdsa >>> debug1: Trying private key: /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ed25519 >>> debug1: No more authentication methods to try. >>> Permission denied (publickey). >> Not finding the public key. > that's the USER login authentication key. The public key listed in > DESTINATION authorized_keys does not match the PUBLIC key on the SOURCE > computer. Either that, or you have /etc/ssh/sshd_config setup > incorrectly for pub/private key authentication. > > (remember: the default Slackware install of sshd does not use keys at > all. You login via normal username/password. See explanation on the > other list thread.) > > http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:security:sshkeys > http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:security:ssh > > -Ed > Rich,
Permissions on my .ssh directory are: [kens@neptune ~]$ ls -ahl .ssh total 24K drwx------. 2 kens kens 4.0K Nov 22 20:24 . drwx------. 80 kens kens 4.0K Feb 24 08:41 .. -rw-------. 1 kens kens 2.4K Dec 24 15:15 authorized_keys -rw-------. 1 kens kens 1.7K Sep 23 12:51 id_rsa -rw-r--r--. 1 kens kens 394 Sep 23 12:51 id_rsa.pub -rw-r--r--. 1 kens kens 1.1K Jan 18 12:44 known_hosts It might be a permissions problem. Ken _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug