"dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm kind of confused as to why I can't force my two Linux boxes to only
> use PubkeyAuthentication . I have placed "PubkeyAuthentication yes" in
> sshd_config and turned off "PasswordAuthentication no" but know matter
> what I try the system I am attempting to connect to always asks for a
> password. All .pub keys are either 644 with others 600
> I have also created an "Authorized_keys2" and appended it with
> ""id_rsa.pub".
>
> The keys where made by "ssh-keygen -d -t rsa"
> I then moved the id_rsa.pub to the server, appended authorized_keys2,
> restarted the server, but I'm still asked for a password.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestion ?
>
> Regards
> Dennis
Also, I noticed that for ssh to use the authorized_keys2/id_dsa.pub
without asking for a password, I had to put "Protocol 2,1" (or merely
"Protocol 2") in my local ~/.ssh/config.
Therefore, check the order of preference of the protocols.
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