Re: Passwordless SSH Logins

From: Jun Sun (jsun_at_junsun.net)
Date: 06/25/03

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    Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:46:39 -0700
To: Ifan Jones <ifan@draig.co.uk>

    On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:42:04PM +0100, Ifan Jones wrote:
    > Hi all
    >
    > I have two Mandrake 9.0 test servers on two different subnets on the
    > same switch. I'm using OpenSSH3.4p1. Trying to implement passwordless
    > logins failes everytime.
    >
    > I generate new keys with
    >
    > ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa1
    > ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa
    > ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t dsa
    >
    > I then take the .ssh/identity.pub and put it in authorized_keys on the
    > server accepting the connection. This I have followed from many
    > how-to's and books.
    >

    check the permission of .ssh/authorized_keys. It needs to be
    600. Otherwise it will fail silently and go on asking for password.

    Jun

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