Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:39:53 +0100 From: Peter Harrison <peter.piggybox@virgin.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ssh key authentication problem... Message-ID: <20101028193953.GA6922@laptop.piggybox>
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Can anyone help me debug an ssh key-based authentication problem? I have an 8.1-R server running sshd, with one user account. On the server, I've used ssh-keygen to generate id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. On my laptop I then pulled the id_rsa.pub file over and: % cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys Now I try to login from the laptop (also 8.1-R) to the server. It pauses for a second and presents me with a 'Password:' prompt, so obviously the key authentication isn't working. He's a debugging chunk from sshd run with '-ddd' flags: debug1: PAM: initializing for "peter" debug1: userauth-request for user peter service ssh-connection method publickey debug1: attempt 1 failures 0 debug2: input_userauth_request: try method publickey debug1: test whether pkalg/pkblob are acceptable debug3: mm_key_allowed entering debug3: mm_request_send entering: type 20 debug3: mm_key_allowed: waiting for MONITOR_ANS_KEYALLOWED debug3: mm_request_receive_expect entering: type 21 debug3: mm_request_receive entering debug1: PAM: setting PAM_RHOST to "192.168.1.4" debug2: monitor_read: 45 used once, disabling now debug3: mm_request_receive entering debug3: monitor_read: checking request 3 debug3: mm_answer_authserv: service=ssh-connection, style= debug2: monitor_read: 3 used once, disabling now debug3: mm_request_receive entering debug3: monitor_read: checking request 20 debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed entering debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed: key_from_blob: 0x286067c0 debug1: trying public key file /home/peter/.ssh/authorized_keys debug1: fd 4 clearing O_NONBLOCK debug3: secure_filename: checking '/usr/home/peter/.ssh' debug3: secure_filename: checking '/usr/home/peter' debug3: secure_filename: terminating check at '/usr/home/peter' debug2: key not found debug1: trying public key file /home/peter/.ssh/authorized_keys2 Failed publickey for peter from 192.168.1.4 port 43046 ssh2 debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed: key 0x286067c0 is not allowed debug3: mm_request_send entering: type 21 debug2: userauth_pubkey: authenticated 0 pkalg ssh-rsa debug3: mm_request_receive entering debug1: userauth-request for user peter service ssh-connection method keyboard-interactive debug1: attempt 2 failures 1 debug2: input_userauth_request: try method keyboard-interactive debug1: keyboard-interactive devs Anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong? TIA. Peter Harrison.
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