If you are using public key authentication (which you want), you need that turned on, not commented out. This stuff pretty much works out of the box, but it seems like you've figured out a way to screw it up. Generally speaking, putting it in a blender and pressing the puree button isn't the best way of figuring out how it works.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:09 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > Since the only two external servers to which I connect have my public > key, I > > don't need it locally. Yes? > > Not so. > > I commented out #PubkeyAuthentication yes on both salmo and caddis; > rebooted > both. > > From salmo: > $ ssh caddis > ssh: connect to host caddis port nnnnn: Connection refused > > From caddis: > $ ssh salmo > rshepard@salmo: Permission denied (public key) > > I'm totally stymied. > > Rich >
