Re: beginner can't get public key auth.

From: Robert Nikander (nik-spamprotecter-ander@nc.rr.com)
Date: 01/27/03 

From: Robert Nikander <nik-spamprotecter-ander@nc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 02:30:30 GMT

Richard E. Silverman wrote:
> Check that you put the public key on the server, not the private one.
>
> Check the sshd syslog messages on the server.
>
> Check that ~, ~/.ssh, and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys are owned by you and not
> group or world-writable.
>

Thank you, that was it -- ~/.ssh and authorized_keys were group
writeable. I still can't do it with my ISP's server, so I'll have to
ask them if they have sshd configured differently.

Rob

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