Re: Problems with passwordless ssh/scp (W2K client , Solaris 8 server).

From: Steven Clark (steven.clark_at_planb-inc.com)
Date: 07/30/03

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:49:19 -0400
To: David Liber <david.liber@the401kcompany.com>

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    Your setup on the client end seems fine...

    > 3) I then scp-ed the id_rsa.pub file to the remote UNIX ssh server machine.
    > On the remote server machine I copied the is_rsa.pub to
    > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2

    I can't remember the version but OpenSSH eventually combined the files
    authorized_keys2 and authorized_keys into just authorized_keys for both
    ssh 1 and 2 keys. So rename your file to authorized_keys... ( I think
    the current versions still accept it but my understanding is it will
    disappear )

    Also check your directory permissions and owners/groups on the server of
    the .ssh directory of the account your trying to log into. The default
    setup if memory serves is a maximum of 755 permissions on your .ssh
    directory and it must be owned by the user and have the users primary
    group as its group. Also verify owner/group of the authorized_keys file

    Hope this helps,
    -Steve

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