[Gllug] SFTP Server

[Xander D Harkness]

Neil Fryer wrote:

>Hi
>
>Ok, this all makes sense, but how do I test this, as I have done this, and
>it just looks the same to me?
>Still get prompted for password?
>
it is probably because the permissions are wrong on the authorized_keys 
file.  This file should be readable by the owner only.

Have a look in the logs on both machines, messages and secure

Kind regards
Xander

>
>Kind Regards
>Neil Fryer
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tethys [mailto:tet at accucard.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:06 PM
>To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>Subject: Re: [Gllug] SFTP Server 
>
>
>
>Neil Fryer writes:
>
>  
>
>>Can anyone point me to some really decent docs for the above, as I have to
>>set up two of these in a hurry, and I know that SFTP is a subsystem of SSH,
>>and I have enabled it in the sshd_config file, but now I need to allow key
>>authentication, and to generate my own keys, and I don't know how to do
>>this.
>>    
>>
>
>Since sftp is just an ssh subsystem, normal ssh keys are fine. First,
>generate your key pair:
>
>	ssh-keygen -t dsa
>
>Then append the public key to the authorized key list on the remote server:
>
>	scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub me at remoteserver:
>	ssh me at remoteserver 'cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorizde_keys2'
>
>Next time you ssh (or scp or sftp) to remoteserver, you'll be using
>public key authentication, rather than password authentication. It'll
>prompt you for your passphrase, instead of your password. For scripted
>use, you can either have an empty passphrase, or use ssh-agent to
>automatically enter it for you. There are pros and cons to both
>approaches.
>
>Tet
>
>  
>


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