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Subject: Re: ssh w/ rsa certs not working
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Gabriel Rossetti wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to setup ssh on a FreeBSD 4.8 (OpenSSH_3.5p1) to use 
> certificates to log in to a FreeBSD 6.1 (OpenSSH_4.2p1) machine, but it 
> still asks for a password.

<snip>

> The user needing to log in is root (I know this is not good and turned 
> off by default), so I re-enabled root login with ssh but like I said 
> above, I get a password
> prompt when I do : ssh -l root machine2 whoami

try "ssh -vv -l root machine2 whoami" and see what's biting you, perhaps.

KDK

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