Ssh-Keygen generation

tuxianD · 05-05-2010, 07:17 AM

Dear Friends,

I am trying to generate ssh-keys for automated authentication.

Steps I followed on server1 with user id user1
$ssh-keygen -t rsa
$scp ./ssh/id_rsa.pub server2:/export/home/user1/.ssh
$cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys

same step followed on server2 with same user id i.e.user1

btw user1 is ldap id.

Inspite of the process mentioned above is followed, it prompts password while doing ssh connection.

Kindly suggest where am I missing?

centosboy · 05-05-2010, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuxianD

Dear Friends,

I am trying to generate ssh-keys for automated authentication.

Steps I followed on server1 with user id user1
$ssh-keygen -t rsa
$scp ./ssh/id_rsa.pub server2:/export/home/user1/.ssh
$cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys

same step followed on server2 with same user id i.e.user1

btw user1 is ldap id.

Inspite of the process mentioned above is followed, it prompts password while doing ssh connection.

Kindly suggest where am I missing?

check the logs. i suspect either the key or the users .ssh directory wherever it maybe has incorrect permissions.

Preferably this for .ssh directory drwx------ or 0700

and this for authorized_keys -rw------- or 0600

Blinker_Fluid · 05-05-2010, 02:45 PM

What directory are you in when you started all this? you need your private key in ~/.ssh/ also are some of these steps on the remote server?

Quote:

$ssh-keygen -t rsa
$scp ./ssh/id_rsa.pub server2:/export/home/user1/.ssh
$cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys

You should have just done
scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub server2:/export/home/user1/.ssh/authorized_keys