Re: Redhat 9 <-> RH 7.3

From: Alex (alex.ferguson@NOSPAMdartmouth.edu)
Date: 04/22/03 

From: "Alex" <alex.ferguson@NOSPAMdartmouth.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 01:20:22 -0400

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:05:11 +1000
"Peter B. West" <pbwest@powerup.com.au> wrote:

> I am having a problem getting ssh working between RH9 and RH7.3. On
> 7.3 I have a configured .ssh directory with the usual public key
> files. I have copied these to other systems on the net, and my ssh
> login works like a charm.
>
> I have a newly configured RH9 system, connected to the 7.3 by an eth0
> interface. When I copy the pub files both ways, I can ssh from RH9 to
>
> RH7.3 using the password defined on the private file; i.e. the
> authorized_keys and authorized_keys2 files on 7.3 co-incide with the
> .pub files on 9.
>
> However, I cannot go the other way. I am always asked for my password
>
> when trying to ssh from 9 to 7.3.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why this may be?

You need a corresponding private key file on the 9 machine. Do you have
that? (You seem to only mention public key files.)

--Alex 

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