Hello,
I'm new to this list. I tried to search the archives, but wasn't sure what to search for so I didn't find anything relevant.
I have been using openssh with password authentication for a while, and that is simple. The password authentication doesn't however seem secure enough, so I've been trying to setup public key authentication. In this I have failed completely, and have come to the conclusion that I haven't got a single clue as to what I'm doing!
I have read all the man pages over and over and over ..., I have generated rsa keys and put then under $HOME/.ssh/ as identity and identity.pub. I have generated dsa keys and put them in the same place as id_dsa and id_dsa.pub. I have put ”PubkeyAuthentication yes” and ”Protocol 2” in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restarted sshd. I have added both private keys to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
When I try to login with ”ssh -i ~/.ssh/identity.pub localhost” or ”ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub localhost” I only get the ”Permission denied (publickey).” response. I can't say that I have any understanding of cryptography at all. I thought it made sense to use the public keys in the ssh call, but I also tried the private with the same result.
Any help is appreciated. I think I need a step by step instruction ;-)
Best Regards, Tommy Svensson
