From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jun 1 14:50: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1322C37B422 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f51Lo3808132; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200106012150.f51Lo3808132@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Bill Fenner Subject: Re: bin/27821: can't do RSA login via ssh to root account Reply-To: Bill Fenner Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/27821; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bill Fenner To: archie@packetdesign.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/27821: can't do RSA login via ssh to root account Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:47:22 -0700 I admit I used my one and only RSA key, but I did use a custom DSA key. I removed all the keys from my agent, then readded them with my normal DSA key first, and it tried both: mango% ssh-add -l 1024 91:30:d8:8d:e6:5d:65:3d:95:1a:81:57:41:8c:2c:3b William C. Fenner 1024 b2:79:a8:38:8a:73:db:3e:60:56:d6:83:95:72:e7:85 /home/fenner/.ssh/id_dsa 1024 ba:95:7d:6e:74:f8:ac:28:5c:29:43:96:d3:90:8a:20 /home/fenner/.ssh/id_dsa-cubix mango% ssh -v -2 -l root cubix01 SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0 green@FreeBSD.org 20010321, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f). ... debug: authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug: next auth method to try is publickey debug: trying DSA agent key /home/fenner/.ssh/id_dsa debug: authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug: next auth method to try is publickey debug: trying DSA agent key /home/fenner/.ssh/id_dsa-cubix debug: ssh-userauth2 successfull: method publickey ... So, maybe a workaround is to use DSA keys. Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message