Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 02:38:29 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: david bryce <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH with Public Key Authentication (Was: Re: Attention: Giorgos Keramidas (Was: CVS Import Permissions)) Message-ID: <20060202003829.GA44801@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <1138840074.5777.253333547@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1138676399.30955.253148220@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060131094135.GA2042@flame.pc> <1138836616.370.253326484@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060201234837.GA57878@flame.pc> <1138840074.5777.253333547@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On 2006-02-02 11:27, david bryce <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> wrote: >On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:48:37 +0200, "Giorgos Keramidas" >>> I have tried using SSH in the past, and got stuck setting up the >>> public key login (that's why we're using pserver). >>> >>> I spent a few hours yesterday trying to get SSH going again. I can >>> login with SSH from the windows machine using Putty, but only when >>> I use password authentication. In order to use cvs with ssh (using >>> the plink program in Putty), we must use public key authentication. >> >> Unfortunately, I can't help with the Windows side. I'm only using UNIX >> machines as clients, so Putty is something new to me :-( >> >> Perhaps someone else on freebsd-questions can help with Putty? > > What about on the freebsd server side? Are there any logfiles I can > look at on the server? Thanks! /var/log/auth.log and /var/log/messages are the ones I'd look at. But I didn't notice anything interesting in the auth.log snippet you posted.
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