Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
openssh-client 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2
We have HostbasedAuthentication set up in our environment so that users
can ssh between equivalent hosts without a password.
ssh_config contains (relevantly)
HostbasedAuthentication yes
PreferredAuthentications publickey,hostbased,password,keyboard-interactive
EnableSSHKeysign yes
sshd_config contains (relevantly)
HostbasedAuthentication yes
This works:
ocelot:~$ ssh othermc
othermc:~$
However, ssh-ing as an alternative user produces additional warning
messages before the expected password prompt:
ocelot:~$ ssh otheruser@othermc
no matching hostkey found
ssh_keysign: no reply
key_sign failed
otheruser@othermc's password:
If instead of relying on EnableSSHKeysign in ssh_config I make the ssh
binary setuid:
chmod u+s /usr/bin/ssh
...the extra warnings go away and I get what I expect:
ocelot:~$ ssh otheruser@othermc
otheruser@othermc's password:
This makes me suspect that there may be a problem with ssh-keysign.
** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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HostbasedAuthentication produces spurious warnings
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