Without looking it up, passphrase is the encryption that protects the private key on the client system, so that the super user (or others able to read files) can't just read/copy your private key. The passphrase never leaves your machine, or the ssh process that is used to authenticate to the server. The advice suggested by the internet is to check /var/log/auth.log on the server side (caddis) to see why it's rejecting your connection.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 9:31 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: > > > "debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method" > > That seems relevant. > > Russell, > > To me, too. But, does that mean disable passphrase authentification in > /etc/ssh/sshd_config on both machines? > > If I do that what does it mean when I login to github or my website host, > both of which ask for, and accept, my passphrase. Are these two different > from intra-LAN ssh? > > Thanks, > > Rich > >
