From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 30 16:36:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78221065673 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.piggybox@virgin.net) Received: from mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4131C8FC14 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net ([62.254.123.4]) by mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20101030163636.MPGN3075.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net>; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:36:36 +0100 Received: from [86.25.233.137] (helo=laptop.piggybox) by know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PCEPs-000650-FK; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:36:28 +0100 Received: from laptop.piggybox (localhost.piggybox [127.0.0.1]) by laptop.piggybox (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9UGaSvi001584; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:36:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from peter@laptop.piggybox) Received: (from peter@localhost) by laptop.piggybox (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o9UGaSw2001583; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:36:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:36:28 +0100 From: Peter Harrison To: krad Message-ID: <20101030163628.GA1574@laptop.piggybox> References: <20101028193953.GA6922@laptop.piggybox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=3ENABmdyEd/Fm7fR7+mZIuMDn6+IErAeEhlfWBImZFk= c=1 sm=0 a=t7WY7uOb184A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=8RloEfZUAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=NxM1RvIVmxtu0V6i6NsA:9 a=aKeeRYzaXIrhFJsRewgA:7 a=b9jx8tPjDryVlamM6AqSVceNLeoA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=O58u2wXj750A:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Peter Harrison Subject: Re: ssh key authentication problem... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:36:54 -0000 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:13:12PM +0100, krad wrote: > On 28 October 2010 20:39, Peter Harrison wrote: > > > Can anyone help me debug an ssh key-based authentication problem? > > > > I have an 8.1-R server running sshd, with one user account. On the server, > > I've used ssh-keygen to generate id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. > > > > On my laptop I then pulled the id_rsa.pub file over and: > > > > % cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys > > > > Now I try to login from the laptop (also 8.1-R) to the server. It pauses > > for a second and presents me with a 'Password:' prompt, so obviously the key > > authentication isn't working. > > > > He's a debugging chunk from sshd run with '-ddd' flags: > > > > debug1: PAM: initializing for "peter" > > debug1: userauth-request for user peter service ssh-connection method > > publickey > > debug1: attempt 1 failures 0 > > debug2: input_userauth_request: try method publickey > > debug1: test whether pkalg/pkblob are acceptable > > debug3: mm_key_allowed entering > > debug3: mm_request_send entering: type 20 > > debug3: mm_key_allowed: waiting for MONITOR_ANS_KEYALLOWED > > debug3: mm_request_receive_expect entering: type 21 > > debug3: mm_request_receive entering > > debug1: PAM: setting PAM_RHOST to "192.168.1.4" > > debug2: monitor_read: 45 used once, disabling now > > debug3: mm_request_receive entering > > debug3: monitor_read: checking request 3 > > debug3: mm_answer_authserv: service=ssh-connection, style= > > debug2: monitor_read: 3 used once, disabling now > > debug3: mm_request_receive entering > > debug3: monitor_read: checking request 20 > > debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed entering > > debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed: key_from_blob: 0x286067c0 > > debug1: trying public key file /home/peter/.ssh/authorized_keys > > debug1: fd 4 clearing O_NONBLOCK > > debug3: secure_filename: checking '/usr/home/peter/.ssh' > > debug3: secure_filename: checking '/usr/home/peter' > > debug3: secure_filename: terminating check at '/usr/home/peter' > > debug2: key not found > > debug1: trying public key file /home/peter/.ssh/authorized_keys2 > > Failed publickey for peter from 192.168.1.4 port 43046 ssh2 > > debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed: key 0x286067c0 is not allowed > > debug3: mm_request_send entering: type 21 > > debug2: userauth_pubkey: authenticated 0 pkalg ssh-rsa > > debug3: mm_request_receive entering > > debug1: userauth-request for user peter service ssh-connection method > > keyboard-interactive > > debug1: attempt 2 failures 1 > > debug2: input_userauth_request: try method keyboard-interactive > > debug1: keyboard-interactive devs > > > > Anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong? > > > > TIA. > > > > > > Peter Harrison. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > you have the setup the keys the wrong way around by the sound of it. The ssh > server should have the public keys only in the authorized_keys files, and > your client/desktop should have the private keys in your ~/.ssh Now I feel like a right berk. Thanks for putting me on the right track, I have it working now. Regards, Peter Harrison. C C B D Now I feel like a right berk. Thanks I have it sorted and working now.