From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HtUdY-0006By-Id for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 20:19:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4UKI3es016206; Wed, 30 May 2007 20:18:03 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4UKCMHf008940 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 20:12:23 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c8so807300ana for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Hu5ou5JLOGynd2hxtmLXsmgrH/tg55sEFi57p662gCqX1tJmrLB7QO9q+Ui81UPpYZs3Q/lQ5eizB4FNIvxbHmYkXFEjQuKBeLCToO1OkpPKu47DNVaHHnI3XMJ/CK+zGJpAt4RVKqZrqDlqqgj3S8ZD+dxwytntUzO9pabSrpA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UI/VO87wp9G3PEpuN9dcBKzxeWXxPo7A2aK9QK9tQNWvVz9qGSJXICw3AGH3lOg6FDOCKBc7ErsYgd51hpytwcLQ3c5kwrNViWgSp38c8b3kcJUuBpIWld90aX0j/Dw3ww8SiFwyEF4AJquUdvXAZFqgYmC4Fv06fC49QM+Eem4= Received: by 10.100.153.17 with SMTP id a17mr6298926ane.1180555937922; Wed, 30 May 2007 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.5.9 with HTTP; Wed, 30 May 2007 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:12:17 -0500 From: Fabio To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server In-Reply-To: <200705302058.00119.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200705302058.00119.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 440d4cd0-36c4-4c26-8f75-80f28734cc09 X-Archives-Hash: e9a017c56a5735b0322ba5ea251c7ad8 Hello Mick mic ! :D On 30/05/07, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > debug1: Next authentication method: publickey > debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa > debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa I am not sure if you know the publickey authentication method, so there goes an unnecessary explanation: If you register the id_dsa.pub contents in the file /home/mic/.ssh/authorized_keys in the server, then the publickey authentication method returns success, what means, you enter the server without typing your password. The debug messages suggest that publickey method failed because you did not register the key. > debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password > debug1: Next authentication method: password > ============================== > > I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. You can generate one with the command ssh-keygen and using the default statements. > Second, my id_dsa > is my private key not my public key. My public key is id_dsa.pub No problem, ssh respects that completely. > Is this a server configuration issue, or something to do with my Gentoo set > up? > > PS. Not sure if this is relevant but although my user name on the server is > mick, for reasons better known to him the sysadmin has created my home > directory as /home/mic - could it be that sshd is looking for /home/mick? sshd looks into /home/mic on the server side. > Regards, > Mick Cheers! -- Fabio A. Correa D. Physics Dept, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia facorread@gmail.com ffaaccdd@yahoo.co.uk facorread@unal.edu.co My webpage and OpenPGP key at http://facorread.150m.com My alexandria.cc address is not available anymore. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list