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

Stephen Fraser fraser.sp at gmail.com
Sat May 9 16:54:51 UTC 2009


I dont mean to point out the obvious, however i assume you have
restarted sshd on the server after changing the config?

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.
> 



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