Am 23.07.20 um 12:59 schrieb funk minion: > Using windows client 4.1.2.0, I'm wanting to set up passwordless > authentication. I've followed these instructions.... > > https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:advanced:authentication:passwordless-ssh > > ...but am still receiving a small modal dialog box prompting for an account > password."Enter user account password:"
Have you verified that you can log in using that particular user name and keyfile? If you can run a commandline ssh client (not PuTTY - PuTTY has its own keyfile format), the output of ssh -vvv -i yourkeyfile youruser@yourhost would be interesting. Also, if you could check the "debug" checkbox when installing X2Go, you could try to run x2goclient.debug.exe --debug >x2golog.txt 2>&1 and post the output of x2golog.txt here, after removing any confidential info from it (e.g. look for user account names, IP addresses, DNS names etc. that you don't want us to know, and replace them with dummy values.) > In the settings for the session, "Use RSA/DSA key for ssh connection:" > points to my local private key file and "Try auto login (via SSH Agent or > default SSH key)" is checked Did you copy-paste the path to the key file there, or did you use the GUI to select it? > Question: Is 'auto login' required for passwordless login? "auto login" is required if you're using *either* an SSH-Agent like Pageant, *or* you do not want to specify a keyfile, and instead expect X2GoClient to search for such a file matching one of the standard file names for key files in the default locations. > Question: Does the term 'default SSH key' reference the id_rsa key created > by the ssh-keygen.exe or something else? It references a keyfile that matches one of the standard name patterns and is located in one of the default locations for keyfiles. It does not matter which tool was used to generate the key, as long as the format is the usual OpenSSH keyfile format - i.e. NOT PuTTYgen. > Question: Does passwordless login require the use of Pageant or other > tools, or can it be accomplished solely with x2go settings? No, Pageant is not required as long as you use a keyfile that is in OpenSSH format and you either named it appropriately and placed it in one of the default locations, or you specified the proper path and file name to it in the GUI. Kind Regards, Stefan Baur -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243 _______________________________________________ x2go-user mailing list x2go-user@lists.x2go.org https://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user