Hello, I installed openSSH client on windows.
Create a public key using the command ssh-keygen -t rsa Copied the key to the unix box using the command scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:.ssh/authorized_keys changed the permissions on authorized_keys chmod 600 The USERNAME on the windows and unix box are the same. When I try to run the remote script using ssh ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] scriptname It Prompts me for the PASSWORD. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any help on this is much appreciated. Thanks GV I am including the client side trace when I used ssh below. C:\Documents and Settings\gvarada\.ssh>ssh -v stlap08d whoami OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to stlap08d [172.19.1.24] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/gvarada/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /home/gvarada/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/gvarada/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.1 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Host 'stlap08d' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/gvarada/.ssh/known_hosts:1 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interacti ve debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/gvarada/.ssh/identity debug1: Offering public key: /home/gvarada/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interacti ve debug1: Trying private key: /home/gvarada/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive Password: -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/SSH-login-thru-public-keys-tf3680887.html#a10286879 Sent from the SSH (Secure Shell) mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
