Re: Problem with SSH on Solaris 9

From: Charles Soto (charles@gtemail.net)
Date: 03/27/03 

From: charles@gtemail.net (Charles Soto)
Date: 27 Mar 2003 12:07:10 -0800

christianlcr@netcourrier.com (christian) wrote in message news:<82c0f15f.0303270751.21f353f5@posting.google.com>...
> Hi all,
>
> Running on Solaris 9 09/12
> On my own account, I want to create an authorized_keys file.
>
> Under my .ssh, I've got :
>
> id_dsa
> id_dsa.pub
> id_rsa
> id_rsa.pub
> known_hosts
>
> I copy the contain of my id_rsa.pub under the authorized_keys file.
> The fact is that, when I connected on my own account, the system
> always ask me the password.
> On SSH 2.2, I copy the contain of identity.pub under the
> authorized_keys file and It works.
>
> SO What's wrong on my configuration ????
> Thanks,
>
> Christian.

What good is having the key for that host/user combination in
authorized keys? You need the keys to the host you are connecting
FROM in that file.

Do this:

HOST1 (you run ssh on this one to connect to HOST2):

ssh-keygen -t dsa (use defaults- hit enter to leave blank key
passphrase)
ssh-keygen -t rsa ( " " " )
cd .ssh
cat id_dsa.pub id_rsa.pub host1.keys
scp host1.keys host2.yourdomain.net:host1.keys (need to enter your
password)
rm host1.keys

HOST2 (running sshd)

cd
mv host1.keys .ssh/authorized_keys

Now you will be able to log into HOST2 from HOST1 without a password.

This also assumes that "RSAAuthentication yes" exists in your
/etc/ssh/sshd_config (this is the default).

Charles

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