[GLLUG] Fedora SSH Problem

Michael Peel michaelpeel88 at live.co.uk
Mon Mar 24 21:50:49 UTC 2014


I don't know if this will help but i thought you could have a look to try and regain access

http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html



> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:57:35 +0000
> From: john at sinodun.org.uk
> To: gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Fedora SSH Problem
> 
> On 24/03/14 20:53, Mick Farmer wrote:
> > Dear GLLUGers,
> >
> > I run Fedora 19 at home and Fedora 17 at work.  I use SSH to login at
> > work from my home machine.  This has worked successfully for over a
> > year.
> >
> > Due to refurbishment, my work machine was switched off, moved into
> > another room, and then restarted.
> >
> > Now SSH requests my password rather than using the default rsa public
> > key mechanism.  Nothing has been updated on my work machine as now
> > Fedora 17 is not supported.  I've looked at the SSH-related files on my
> > home machine and it appears none of them has been updated since the
> > move.  Nothing else has changed.
> 
> Clearly something has changed - it's just a case of working out what. 
> My main suspicion would be of permissions on your ~/.ssh directory, or 
> the files therein.
> 
> Try invoking ssh with the -v option - that might provide you with useful 
> extra information.  Similarly, check /var/log/auth.log on the target 
> machine to see if it tells you anything.
> 
> HTH
> John
> 
> 
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