I've figured everything out, once again.
Sorry for the loud noise. SSH2 is working like a champ.
- WWinzer Jr.
"Auteria Wally Winzer Jr." wrote:
> I'm trying to authenticate between two systems as well as authenticate
> with itself using ssh2 (I looked for this info within the FAQ, but there
> wasn't enough info to cover this topic. Maybe this should be included).
> I've setup the authentication file as well as the identification file within
> my .ssh home directory. My goal is to not use any .rhosts or .shosts
> file, only key authentication, like ssh1.
>
> These are the following steps I took in trying authenticate myself on
> the same system:
>
> 1. ssh-keygen -P -b 1024 -t dsa
> (this place my secure and pub key under $HOME/.ssh2 directory
> 2. Created the identification file under $HOME/.ssh2 directory and
> added the following line:
>
> IdKey id_dsa_1024_a
> 3. I created a directory called Local.pub under $HOME/.ssh2 directory
> in order to place my public key under the Local.pub directory:
>
> cp $HOME/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a.pub $HOME/.ssh2/Local.pub/
>
> My $HOME/.ssh2 has the following files/directories:
>
> Local.pub/
> authorization
> hostkeys/
> id_dsa_1024_a
> id_dsa_1024_a.pub
> identification
> random_seed
>
> The $HOME/.ssh2/Local.pub/ directory has my pub key in it:
>
> Local.pub/id_dsa_1024_a.pub
>
> The $HOME/.ssh2/hostkeys/ directory has the hostkeys of my
> system, which has multiple hostnames. I even use the raw IP ADDR
> to created these hostkeys.
>
> Here's an output of one ssh2 login session:
>
> 1020 wwinzer@whirlsvr:~/.ssh2 ==> ssh -v wahleewhirl.com
> debug: hostname is 'wahleewhirl.com'.
> debug: Unable to open /export/home/wwinzer/.ssh2/ssh2_config
> debug: connecting to wahleewhirl.com...
> debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol
> debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol
> debug: entering event loop
> debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:592/ssh_tr_input_version: Remote version:
> SSH-1.99-2.0.13 (non-commercial)
> debug: Remote version: SSH-1.99-2.0.13 (non-commercial)
> debug: Host key found from the database.
> debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:155/ssh_common_special: special packet received
> from connection protocol: 3
> debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:155/ssh_common_special: special packet received
> from connection protocol: 4
> debug:
> Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:797/ssh_client_auth_pubkey_agent_list_complete:
> adding keyfile "/export/home/wwinzer/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a" to candidates
> wwinzer's password:
> debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:155/ssh_common_special: special packet received
> from connection protocol: 6
> debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:304/client_authenticated: client_authenticated
> debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:466/ssh_common_new_channel: num_channels now 1
> debug: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
> Last login: Tue Nov 09 1999 18:54:48 from whirlsvr.wahleew
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> It looks as if it didn't look for my key under the $HOME/.ssh2/Local.pub
> directory.
>
> I just don't want to use any .shosts or .rhosts for auto-authentication.
> If there isn't any way to do so, I'll have to use ssh1 exclusively because I
> need to
> update filesystems on multiple systems using rsync.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Wally Winzer Jr.
