Re: Q: pub key login still asks for password??

From: Darren Dunham (ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:02:02 GMT

tj <tj@nospam.com> wrote:
> BTW - I got this out of your book, pp 264, section 7.4.5.4

> So let me ask the question slightly differently: If the key authentication
> is correctly configured, I should _never_ receive a password prompt?

The default configuration is to attempt public key authentication prior
to password authentication, so basically, yes.

'ssh -v' should have the ssh client make explicit what it's attempting
and why. The order of authentication attempts can be changed, but it's
unusual to do so. 

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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