Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 02:35:00 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/27821: can't do RSA login via ssh to root account Message-ID: <20010602023500.F95359@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200106012210.f51MA3V16636@freefall.freebsd.org>; from archie@packetdesign.com on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:10:03PM -0700 References: <200106012210.f51MA3V16636@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:10:03PM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Yep, the '-2' flag is what makes it work. Oh, maybe that makes sense,
> I'm using a DSA key.. are they only supported by version 2?
DSAAuthentication
Specifies whether to try DSA authentication. The argument to
this keyword must be ``yes'' or ``no''. DSA authentication will
only be attempted if a DSA identity file exists. Note that this
option applies to protocol version 2 only.
> I thought that ssh+sshd would automatically negotiate version 2 but
> maybe I assume too much.
The default used to be to try protocol version 1 first; this has now
changed to version 2 in the OpenSSH 2.9 client. It's always been
configurable in your client configuration files.
Kris
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