From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 07:48:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608DF106566C for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:48:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341D28FC0A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:48:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2ml2so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.134]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2009 00:48:40 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=f27QudaGgvDCrrPWvJ4A:9 a=g47WEYbfxM-_o44kA4ANjocOei8A:4 a=mslgPuieH_AA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd2ml2so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2009 00:48:40 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F00A1701E for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:48:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:48:40 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090226234840.7f87fd6b@gom.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: sshd_config and rsa on freebsd 4.4 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: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:48:42 -0000 on fbsd7 getting in with rsa is easy: RSAAuthentication yes PubkeyAuthentication yes AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys but on fbsd4.4 PubkeyAuthentication and AuthorizedKeysFile don't exist and you get a bad configuration option error. but if you don't have those there, you get the password prompt because of PasswordAuthentication yes (and if you say no here you don't get in at all) so how did they do it back then? how did they get in using .ssh/authorized_keys?? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's