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

[Peter Apps]

Just out of curiosity. What's the advantage of going 'password less'?

I use ssh, sshfs and fish (in Konqueror). Once through the password,
fish in particular gives pretty free access to the remote computer. I
find a password a comforting security check so I've never considered
bypassing it.

Regards, Peter.

On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 17:54 +0100, Stephen Fraser wrote:
> 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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