SCP fails with publickey

From: Hicks,Rodger (Rodger.Hicks_at_fhlbny.com)
Date: 05/20/05

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 16:06:57 -0400
To: <secureshell@securityfocus.com>

    Can anyone help? I'm trying to scp a file from the same box as the same
    userid to another box with different userids using public keys. One
    userid works and the other doesn't. Here's my debug information clearly
    showing that publickey isn't working for the second user (chur@unixd1).
    My authorized_keys file for both users are identical. What could be
    causing this?

    -------FIRST SCP EXECUTION WHICH SUCCEEDS WITH
    PUBLICKEY----------------------
    unixead2:cbs:/cbs/54> scp -v /tmp/myfile havankir@unixd1:/tmp
    Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host unixd1, user havankir, command scp
    -v -t /tmp
    OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug1: Failed dlopen: /usr/krb5/lib/libkrb5.a(libkrb5.a.so): A file or
    directory in the path name does not exist.

    debug1: Error loading Kerberos, disabling Kerberos auth.
    debug1: Connecting to unixd1 [10.2.200.81] port 22.
    debug1: Connection established.
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/identity type -1
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
    debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
    OpenSSH_3.9p1
    debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.9p1 pat OpenSSH*
    debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
    debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
    debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
    debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
    debug1: Host 'unixd1' is known and matches the RSA host key.
    debug1: Found key in /home/cbs/.ssh/known_hosts:2
    debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
    debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
    debug1: Trying private key: /home/cbs/.ssh/identity
    debug1: Offering public key: /home/cbs/.ssh/id_rsa
    debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 149
    debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
    debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
    debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
    debug1: Entering interactive session.
    debug1: Sending command: scp -v -t /tmp
    Sending file modes: C0777 16 myfile
    Sink: C0777 16 myfile
    myfile
    100% 16 0.0KB/s 00:00
    debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
    debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
    debug1: fd 0 clearing O_NONBLOCK
    debug1: fd 1 clearing O_NONBLOCK
    debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 0.4 seconds
    debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0
    debug1: Exit status 0

    -------SECOND SCP AS A DIFFERENT USER WHICH FAILS
    PUBLICKEY----------------------
    unixead2:cbs:/cbs/54> scp -v /tmp/myfile2 chur@unixd1:/tmp
    Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host unixd1, user chur, command scp -v
    -t /tmp
    OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug1: Failed dlopen: /usr/krb5/lib/libkrb5.a(libkrb5.a.so): A file or
    directory in the path name does not exist.

    debug1: Error loading Kerberos, disabling Kerberos auth.
    debug1: Connecting to unixd1 [10.2.200.81] port 22.
    debug1: Connection established.
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/identity type -1
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
    debug1: identity file /home/cbs/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
    debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
    OpenSSH_3.9p1
    debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.9p1 pat OpenSSH*
    debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
    debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
    debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
    debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
    debug1: Host 'unixd1' is known and matches the RSA host key.
    debug1: Found key in /home/cbs/.ssh/known_hosts:2
    debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
    debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
    debug1: Trying private key: /home/cbs/.ssh/identity
    debug1: Offering public key: /home/cbs/.ssh/id_rsa
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
    debug1: Trying private key: /home/cbs/.ssh/id_dsa
    debug1: Next authentication method: password
    chur@unixd1's password:
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
    Permission denied, please try again.
    chur@unixd1's password:
    unixead2:cbs:/cbs/54>

    Thanks,
    Rodger

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