Problem with ssh and authorized_keys...

gruell · 02-01-2006, 12:02 PM

I generated private and public rsa keys and installed my public rsa key on several machines in the .ssh/authorized_keys file. Everything works fine I can ssh to these machines without a pass word, except in on case. There is one account that still asks me for a password when I ssh to it. I have went through the steps of installing my public key several times but to no avail. Is there something I'm missing.

Thanks,

Kirk

Dudydoo · 02-01-2006, 02:33 PM

Check the logs on both machines, usually in /var/log/secure. You should get some idea of why the key authentication isn't working.

taylor_venable · 02-01-2006, 03:18 PM

Is it asking for your account password or your key passphrase? Some servers can be configured to require both the public/private keypair and the key's passphrase. Or it may be an order-of-authentication type of thing; for some (configuration) reason, password comes before keypair.

gruell · 02-01-2006, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dudydoo

Check the logs on both machines, usually in /var/log/secure. You should get some idea of why the key authentication isn't working.

Thank you. It turned out to be the users home directory permissions.

Kirk

gruell · 02-01-2006, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taylor_venable

Is it asking for your account password or your key passphrase? Some servers can be configured to require both the public/private keypair and the key's passphrase. Or it may be an order-of-authentication type of thing; for some (configuration) reason, password comes before keypair.

It turned out to be the users home directory permissions. Thanks,

Kirk

Dudydoo · 02-01-2006, 03:40 PM

Great! I was going to suggest that, because that is a common mistake.