Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-20 Thread Shashank G. Khandelwal
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:29:30PM -0500, Paul Sack wrote: > Today at 4:13pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: > > ++ I do have root access on the server, but prefer not to change things too > ++ much. > > Well, then, as root, you can do ssh -d -p 4000 > and as user, do ssh -v -p 4000 localhost.

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread D. Hampton Finger
Okay, this page identifies a different procedure, and it works across the board.. http://www.cs.umd.edu/~arun/misc/ssh.html give that a whirl. it is pretty much the same, but there little differnces which may make quite a difference. Hampton Shashank G. Khandelwal wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 200

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Shashank G. Khandelwal
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:05:01PM -0500, Paul Sack wrote: > Today at 3:56pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: > > ++ I cleaned out everything from .ssh directory (except for the > ++ known_hosts file) and did the following: > ++ > ++ 1. ssh-keygen -t dsa > ++ 2. cat ida_dsa.pub >> authorized_key

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Paul Sack
Today at 3:56pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: ++ I cleaned out everything from .ssh directory (except for the ++ known_hosts file) and did the following: ++ ++ 1. ssh-keygen -t dsa ++ 2. cat ida_dsa.pub >> authorized_keys Okay, I just did that, too, and it did work. (Did you try this w/o a p

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Shashank G. Khandelwal
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:41:40PM -0500, Paul Sack wrote: > Make sure you are using openssh on both ends. In fact, try logging into > localhost first. Don't bother with the agents yet. Just try to get ssh to > ask you for the passphrase for your key and not your password. You should > also run ssh

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Paul Sack
Today at 3:36pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: ++ I'm using openssh. Copying to authorized keys did not work. :( Make sure you are using openssh on both ends. In fact, try logging into localhost first. Don't bother with the agents yet. Just try to get ssh to ask you for the passphrase for you

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Shashank G. Khandelwal
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:59:08PM -0500, Paul Sack wrote: > Today at 2:53pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: > > ++ 2. cp id_dsa.pub authorized_keys2 > > Try copying to authorized_keys. > > BTW, one version of ssh (openssh) uses .ssh/authorized_keys. The other > uses .ssh2/authorization (comm

Re: [Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Paul Sack
Today at 2:53pm, Shashank G. Khandelwal expounded: ++ 2. cp id_dsa.pub authorized_keys2 Try copying to authorized_keys. BTW, one version of ssh (openssh) uses .ssh/authorized_keys. The other uses .ssh2/authorization (commercial). You should probably say which one you are using and only read doc

[Siglinux] ssh passwordless authorization problems

2003-06-19 Thread Shashank G. Khandelwal
Hi, I'm trying to set up passwordless authentication in ssh version 2 on my machines at work. Here are the steps I took (instructions from www.ices.utexas.edu/sysnet page): 1. ssh-keygen -t dsa 2. Now I don't seem to have an .ssh2 directory, so I added a file called identification in my .ssh