[ale] ssh authorized_keys2, what am I missing?

[Jay Loden]

Check your version of putty, make sure you have at least version .52 to get 
authorized keys support

As someone else mentioned, make sure the keys are in the right formats - putty 
supports ssh keys, but they are in putty native format. See the FAQ for 
putty: 

Q: Does PuTTY support reading OpenSSH or ssh.com SSH-2 private key files?
A: PuTTY doesn't support this natively, but as of 0.53 PuTTYgen can convert 
both OpenSSH and ssh.com private key files into PuTTY's format.

-Jay

On Wednesday 08 June 2005 01:04 pm, Grant Robertson wrote:
> This is driving me nuts. Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Debian 3.1, openssh 3.8.1p1 / Putty
>
> I'm trying to use an RSA key to authenticate an ssh client connection,
> but the key is refused. I've set logging to DEBUG in the sshd_config,
> and it does show that it's attempting the keyfiles, but it doens't
> give me detail on the failure. The authorized_keys2 file is set to 640
> (I've also tried 440, 400, 600).
>
> I'm lost as for what to try next, any suggestions?
>
> Relevant snippet from logs..
>
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: PAM: initializing for "groberts"
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: PAM: setting PAM_RHOST to
> "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: PAM: setting PAM_TTY to "ssh"
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000
> (e=0/0) Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: trying public key file
> /home/groberts/.ssh/authorized_keys
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: restore_uid: 0/0
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1000/1000
> (e=0/0) Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: trying public key file
> /home/groberts/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> Jun  8 12:59:54 dev1 sshd[12255]: debug1: restore_uid: 0/0
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