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Old 07-11-2006, 10:58 PM   #1
matticus
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ssh passwordless question


Hi all,
I've read alot of documentation on the ssh key stuff but I am unable to get a passwordless login to my server. I have given my public keys over to the other side. I think the issue is that the server uses the ssh protocal with a .ssh2/ file extension and my client machine has the standard .shh/ extension. I created a lookalike set of directories on the server and put the public key there but still can't access it without a password. any ideas anyone?
 
Old 07-12-2006, 01:12 AM   #2
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Do both systems have Linux on it ?

if so, you probably need .ssh on both machines. Also, I assume you have created an ssh2 key (nowadays on modern Linux boxes you need to explicitely tell ssh-keygen to create an ssh1 key, so unless you know better, it's likely you have an ssh2 key)?

I don't know if you have renamed your private key to some custom name. If so, fire ssh like 'ssh -i <private key file> -l <user> <hostname>'.

On the destination machine, you should also have a .ssh directory, relative to your homedir (so: ~/.ssh), with therein the file authorized_keys2.

The rights on the files are critical..

your .ssh directory can better be no other than mode 0700, as well as your authorized_keys2 file. They don't need to be this mode both per say, but I 'm unable to remember which needs this, so I put it on both).

Try if you already have done these and see if it works.

Remember to put a passphrase on the private key (unless it's a machine auto-ssh key for cronjobs) for security reasons. you can even use ssh-agent for entering your passphrase once per login session.
 
Old 07-12-2006, 02:15 AM   #3
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You also need to edit the sshd_config file on the server to allow empty passwords
 
Old 07-12-2006, 02:43 AM   #4
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in my opinion, the ssh with keys do not render passwords to be empty.. I haven't changed sshd_config for this any time.
 
Old 07-12-2006, 03:45 AM   #5
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Yes you are correct you don't need to touch the sshd_config file. Here's a script I wrote a while back that may find help.

############################################################
#!/bin/bash
USER="bill"
ADDRESS="192.168.1.15"
PORT="22"
NEWKEY="yes"

keygen () {
if [ $NEWKEY == "yes" ]; then
ssh-keygen -t dsa -f ~/.ssh/id_dsa
fi
}

checkfile () {
if [ -f ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 ]; then
touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
fi
}

# First let create the directory on the remote host them upload the certificate.
sshupload () {
cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh -p $PORT $USER@$ADDRESS 'sh -c "mkdir ~/.ssh && cat - >>~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2"'
}

## Our Main Menu
press_enter () {
echo ""
echo -n "Press Enter to continue"
read
clear
}

selection=
until [ "$selection" = "0" ]; do
echo ""
echo "SSH Keygen PROGRAM MENU"
echo "1 - Generate & Upload New Key"
echo "2 - Upload Old Key"
echo ""
echo "0 - exit program"
echo ""
echo -n "Enter selection: "
read selection
echo ""
case $selection in
1 ) checkfile ; keygen ; sshupload ;;
2 ) sshupload ;;
0 ) exit ;;
* ) echo "Please enter 1, 2 or 0"; press_enter
esac
done

exit 0
############################################################
 
  


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