Re: Solution - SSH.com clients, OpenSSH servers, and private/public keys. . .

From: Jack Moe (mojorisin_at_bigmailbox.net)
Date: 10/03/03


Date: 3 Oct 2003 12:16:42 -0700

mojorisin@bigmailbox.net (Jack Moe) wrote in message news:<e92e1c29.0310021020.71b552dc@posting.google.com>...
> "Pertti Kosunen" <pertti.kosunen@kolumb.us.fi_invalid> wrote in message news:<blhdti$9oh$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>...
> > "Jack Moe" <mojorisin@bigmailbox.net> wrote in message
> > news:e92e1c29.0310011259.26be1f5e@posting.google.com...
> > > $ ssh-keygen -f ssh.com-key -X >> .ssh/authorized_keys2
> >
> > Try renaming .ssh/authorized_keys2 -> .ssh/authorized_keys.
>
> Hmmm. . . even though the entry in '/usr/local/etc/sshd_config' has this line:
>
> AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys2
>
> Jack Moe

It turns out the client side (the SSH.com client) was not configured
correctly. the ~/.ssh2/identification file was not configured
correclty. Here's what was done to make it work:

On the Client Side (the SSH.com client)

1. cd .ssh2
2. ssh-keygen -t rsa
3. cp id_rsa_2048.pub identity.pub
4. cp id_rsa_2048_a identity
5. vi identification
6. add -> idkey identity
7. sftp identity.pub to <OpenSSH_server>

On the Server Side (the OpenSSH server)
8. $ ssh-keygen -i -f identity.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

NOTE: if 'ssh-agent' is implemented, nothing will work (except if
using SSH version 1). There are good posts in the group referencing
this, and Mr. Silverman responded to this a few times.
Interoperability exists, but it would be easier if there some defined
standards in version 2.

Jack Moe



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