Thank you Malcom! I've found that specifying another account (didn't want to enable remote root login) and putting either authorized_keys or authorized_keys2 into the proper directory worked like a champ.
On to more and better work. Kurt | | On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:20, KURT BUFF wrote: | > All, | > | > I'm following the directions here: | > | > http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/postfix-exchange-users.html | > | > to improve the gateway to our Exchange box, and am stuck on | a particular | > step. | > | > I just can't seem to make the Putty SCP work from my workstation. | > | > I used Putty's window copy function to paste into vi to | create the .pub | > file, then used the command line: | > | > "ssh-keygen -i -f /tmp/exchupdate.pub >> | /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2" | > | | Later versions of OpenSSH expect all keys in authorized_keys including | protocol level 2. Which version do you have? | | > on the FreeBSD box per the instructions to convert to an | openssh key, | > then use the following command line to do the copy: | > | > "pscp -2 -i exchupdate.ppk exchusers.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc" | > | | Are you aware that by default sshd does not accept | connections to user root? | You must set this specifically in /etc/sshd_config. | PermitRootLogin yes | | Possibly one of these (or both) is your problem. But then again | it might be something quite different. | | Malcolm | _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"