* openssh and identity
@ 2001-02-12 8:44 Wilson Farrell
2001-02-12 11:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-02-12 12:54 ` Wilson Farrell
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Wilson Farrell @ 2001-02-12 8:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2001-02-12 8:44 openssh and identity Wilson Farrell
@ 2001-02-12 11:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-02-12 12:54 ` Wilson Farrell
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2001-02-12 11:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2001-02-12 8:44 openssh and identity Wilson Farrell
2001-02-12 11:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2001-02-12 12:54 ` Wilson Farrell
2001-02-13 1:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Wilson Farrell @ 2001-02-12 12:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
>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
2001-02-12 12:54 ` Wilson Farrell
@ 2001-02-13 1:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-02-13 7:20 ` Wilson Farrell
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2001-02-13 1:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2001-02-13 1:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2001-02-13 7:20 ` Wilson Farrell
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From: Wilson Farrell @ 2001-02-13 7:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cygwin
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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