Re: open-ssh keypair Auth

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

Rich Healey wrote:
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> > > Hi, i've got a whole bunch of linux machines (mainly debian, with etch,
> > > testing, sid, and a frankenstein machine with mental pinning).
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> > > Keypairs work fine except on the frankenstein machine, with the same
> > > keypair as works on my sid machine, my freeBSD machine, my gentoo box
> > > and etch desktop, it still asks for my password.
> > >
> > > Ideas?
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> > > Thanks guys
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> > > Rich Healey
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> > First things I would check would be file permissions on ~/.ssh (700) and
> > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (600) on the remote host and check
> > /etc/ssh/sshd_config for PubkeyAuthentication yes
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> These are all ok.
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> Default debian install normally alows this and i have not changed the config

anything in /var/log/auth.log on the remote host?

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