[Klug-general] Problem getting ssh to use PublicKeyAuthentication :-(

[MacGyveR]

On Saturday 09 May 2009, Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to get "password less" public key pair authentication to work
> between my laptop and my desktop and am not being very successful.
>
> 	ritchie at linux-9gkd:~/.ssh> ssh ritchie at hpdesk
> 	Password:
> 	Last login: Sat May  9 11:44:06 2009 from hpdesk
> 	Have a lot of fun...
> 	ritchie at hpdesk:~>
>
> As you can see, ssh works and lets me in BUT it still asks me for my
> password. Grrrr.
>
> I feel I am missing something really stupid. All pointers welcome :-)
>
> Setup:
> Laptop: linux-9gkd    						Desktop: hpdesk
> OS: OpenSUSE 11.1						        OpenSUSE 10.3
>
> I followed the instructions here...
> http://en.opensuse.org/Public_Key_Authentication
>
> I created my rsa key pair on linux-9gkd and copied it (id_rsa.pub) into my
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on hpdesk.
>
> I made the suggested changes to client (linux-9gkd) and server (hpdesk)
> config files.
>
> I can post config files if necessary.

try on the client:

ssh -v -v -v 

and run ssh on the server in debugging mode, you can do this from the command 
line with "-D -d", hopefully from this you will spot the problem, or just 
post all the output here.