Tks for that Jeff. It appears that the user's .ssh directory must not be group writable, even if the group is the same group as the user. I had done a mkdir .ssh as the user and the directory ended up group writable.
Have a good break. On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Howard Lowndes"> > > > SSHD servers "B" and "C" both have identical public key files for a user. > > > > SSH client "A" can log into "B" without being prompted for the user's > > password on "B", but when client "A" logs into "C" the user gets prompted > > for his password on "C". > > > > Any thoughts as to why? > > First, read the logs on C, and run ssh with -v -v. That's your fast track to > finding out who's telling who what and why (ahem). Otherwise: > > * sshd setup differences (rsa disabled, etc) > * version differences, esp. with regard to .ssh/*2 file changes > * ownership and permissions on .ssh/* > > - Jeff > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
