Error message in ssh

JeRrYmAn · 11-04-2003, 08:13 AM

'You have no controlling tty. Cannot read passphrase.'

This is the error i get when I try a ssh connection that requests no password. I didn't enter a passphrase when ssh-keygen was run.

I'm dumbfounded :-)!

Suggestions, comments and rudeness welcome

peter_robb · 11-04-2003, 08:32 AM

In your /etc/pam.d/ directory is a file ssh.

This lists the authentication process for sshd.
It most surely has "password is necessary".

Run ssh-keygen again and make a good password...

druuna · 11-04-2003, 08:34 AM

Suggestions:

Use -t option
Force pseudo-tty allocation. This can be used to execute arbitrary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services. Multiple -t options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.

Is the TERM variable set in .bash_profile (or similar file).

Comment:

I use ssh (without passphrase) for my lan, no problems. Although I do need the -t option if run from crontab.

Rudeness:

Feed google with your errormessage (and get 150 hits......)