A. Rich writes:
: in my $HOME/.ssh2/identification file I have (though I'm not really sure
: whether or not it's needed):
:
: IdKey id_dsa_1024_a
It is not necessary to set up pubkey-authentication to use hostbased
authentication.
: in $HOME/.ssh2/knownhosts/remote.host.com.ssh-dss.pub I have the remote
: server's /etc/ssh2/hostkey.pub.
:
:
: When I connect from the remote host, I'm still prompted for a password, but I
: can hit return or put anything in as my password and then it logs me in. The
: behaviour I expect is not to be prompted for a password at all. I'm guessing
: I missed something simple, but I'm not sure what.
Please try this patch. Inform me of the outcome.
To apply this patch, cd to your ssh-2.0.13 source directory, and issue
the following command:
% patch -p1 -l < patch-ssh-2.0.13-hostbased.before.pubkey
You then should
% make clean
% make
% su
Password:
# make install
Sami Lehtinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#End prologue
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 sshauthmethods.c
--- ssh-2.0.13.orig/apps/ssh/sshauthmethods.c 1999/04/09 01:46:18 1.1.1.1
+++ ssh-2.0.13/apps/ssh/sshauthmethods.c 1999/06/18 03:16:02
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
static SshAuthServerMethod server_methods[] =
{
+ { SSH_AUTH_HOSTBASED, ssh_server_auth_hostbased },
{ SSH_AUTH_PUBKEY, ssh_server_auth_pubkey },
{ SSH_AUTH_PASSWD, ssh_server_auth_passwd },
- { SSH_AUTH_HOSTBASED, ssh_server_auth_hostbased },
{ NULL, NULL }
};
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 sshauthmethodc.c
--- ssh-2.0.13.orig/apps/ssh/sshauthmethodc.c 1999/04/09 01:45:51 1.1.1.1
+++ ssh-2.0.13/apps/ssh/sshauthmethodc.c 1999/06/18 03:15:47
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
SshAuthClientMethod ssh_client_auth_methods[] =
{
+ { SSH_AUTH_HOSTBASED, ssh_client_auth_hostbased },
{ SSH_AUTH_PUBKEY, ssh_client_auth_pubkey },
{ SSH_AUTH_PASSWD, ssh_client_auth_passwd },
- { SSH_AUTH_HOSTBASED, ssh_client_auth_hostbased },
{ NULL, NULL }
};
--
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