Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:29:57 -0800 From: Lawrence Sica <larry@interactivate.com> To: Scott Reber <sreber@atltechgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh config assistance Message-ID: <3A5A5B85.183EE454@interactivate.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010108173133.00aeb380@netdepot.com>
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Scott Reber wrote: > > If this should be posted to questions instead, I apologize in advance. > > I am setting up my first FreeBSD 4.2R box. I am trying, with no success, > to connect using ssh via a Windows F-Secure client using public keys. I am > able to use ssh2 with a password, but not public key. This same client has > been used in the past to access several boxes that were already set up and > using ssh1 with public key. > > While I have read man sshd, man ssh_keygen and checked out openssh.org. I > think I followed the instructions, but I am still unable to make this work. > > I am running 4.2R clean out of the box. I've tried creating > ~<user>/.ssh/authorized_keys2 and copying the clients' public key into it > but to no avail. > it should be in the authorized_keys file not authorized_keys2. also make sure the host is known to the box, if the host is unknown it will not work as strict checking is on by default if i recall. look in the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file for the host. --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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