RE: Using public key pair to authenticate

From: Marrion, Jim (marrionj_at_bcharrispub.com)
Date: 11/24/04

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    To: "Tay, Gary" <Gary_Tay@platts.com>, "Loo, Peter" <Peter.Loo@bannerhealth.com>, secureshell@securityfocus.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:29:30 -0500

    Also check the permissions on the home directories they must be 755, also
    some systems need to have an authorization file with the name of the public
    key files on the client side.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Tay, Gary [mailto:Gary_Tay@platts.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 5:11 AM
    To: Loo, Peter; secureshell@securityfocus.com
    Subject: RE: Using public key pair to authenticate

    You may search SUN's BigAdmin portal or Google for "authorized_keys".
    Some good ones:

    http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/sec_shell_1.html
    http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/sec_shell_2.html

    Most people would start SSH server in debug mode, "sshd -d", and also
    test ssh client connection using vervose mode, "ssh -v remotehost"

    Gary

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Loo, Peter [mailto:Peter.Loo@bannerhealth.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:58 AM
    To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Using public key pair to authenticate

     
    Hi,

    I am working with two Unix servers running AIX 5.2. One server is
    running "OpenSSH_3.6.1p2-CERT-patched, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
    0x009060df" while the other is running "SSH Secure Shell 3.2.0".

    I created the key pair on the server with OpenSSH using "ssh-keygen". I
    named the output files as (identity & identity.pub). Then I copied the
    contents of "identity.pub" to the file named authorized_keys on the
    server with "SSH Secure Shell 3.2.0".

    When I try connecting to the remote server, I am asked to type in the
    password. Apparently the public key authentication method is not
    working.

    Can someone shed some light for me?

    Thanks.

    Peter

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