openssh and identity

openssh and identity

[Wilson Farrell]

Hello,
I'm having trouble getting my ssh client (openssh 2.3p1) to authenticate
using rsa.  

if I simply:
ssh host.company.com
I get the password prompt back.

if I:
ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/identity host.company.com
it logs me in via rsa authentication as expected.  

From the man page:  
     -i identity_file
             Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
RSA
             authentication is read.  Default is $HOME/.ssh/identity in
the
             user's home directory.  Identity files may also be
specified on a
             per-host basis in the configuration file.  It is possible
to have
             multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in
config-
             uration files).

I have also cput the line:
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity in my .ssh/config file.  Didn't help.

I guess I can live with the problem, but it bothers me.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
 wilson

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Re: openssh and identity

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:42:01AM -0500, Wilson Farrell wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm having trouble getting my ssh client (openssh 2.3p1) to authenticate
> using rsa.  
> 
> if I simply:
> ssh host.company.com
> I get the password prompt back.
> 
> if I:
> ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/identity host.company.com
> it logs me in via rsa authentication as expected.  
> 
> >From the man page:  
>      -i identity_file
>              Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
> RSA
>              authentication is read.  Default is $HOME/.ssh/identity in
> the
>              user's home directory.  Identity files may also be
> specified on a
>              per-host basis in the configuration file.  It is possible
> to have
>              multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in
> config-
>              uration files).
> 
> I have also cput the line:
> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity in my .ssh/config file.  Didn't help.
> 
> I guess I can live with the problem, but it bothers me.
> 
> Any ideas?

Is your home directory correctly set in /etc/passwd?

Corinna

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Re: openssh and identity

[Wilson Farrell]

>Is your home directory correctly set in /etc/passwd?
>
>Corinna

It was not correct, now it is... still doesn't work :(

wilson

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Re: openssh and identity

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:52:31PM -0500, Wilson Farrell wrote:
> 
> >Is your home directory correctly set in /etc/passwd?
> >
> >Corinna
> 
> It was not correct, now it is... still doesn't work :(

Then you should try `ssh -v host' to get debug output.
There is probably a hint what's going on.

Corinna

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Re: openssh and identity

[Wilson Farrell]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> Then you should try `ssh -v host' to get debug output.
> There is probably a hint what's going on.
> 
Corinna, 
Thanks for your help.  I was able to solve the problem by removing
IdentityFile entry (which was correct, by the way) from my .ssh/config
file.  I had added the entry in an attempt to correct the problem.  Of
course I had tried a couple of things after that, any of which could
have solved the problem.  Somehow that entry was mucking things up.  

fixed now..

Thanks,
wilson

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