[Gllug] Inconsistent SSH denial of access

[JLMS]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:01 AM, gvim <gvimrc at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have ssh access to a server running CentOS 4.3 from my home machine (OS X Leopard) which has been working with my id_dsa file after I installed my public key on the server. After changing the server's sshd_conf to allow only public key access I now find I'm being locked out but .... not always. Very occasionally I can connect but most of the time I get the following:
>
> <snip>
>
> debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
> debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
> Permission denied (publickey).
>
> So it's mainly denial of access with occasional access, which I find hard to fathom. My ISP is PlusNet and the client's is BT. I manage other servers from my end with the same key pair so it can't be PlusNet's problem. Usernames and hosts replaced with <user>, <host> for confidentiality.
>
> gvim
>


it would help to see one session that actually succeeds to connect.
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