Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:27:26 +1100 From: "david bryce" <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH with Public Key Authentication (Was: Re: Attention: Giorgos Keramidas (Was: CVS Import Permissions)) Message-ID: <1138850846.21966.253343832@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20060202003829.GA44801@flame.pc> References: <1138676399.30955.253148220@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060131094135.GA2042@flame.pc> <1138836616.370.253326484@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060201234837.GA57878@flame.pc> <1138840074.5777.253333547@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060202003829.GA44801@flame.pc>
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 02:38:29 +0200, "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> said: > On 2006-02-02 11:27, david bryce <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:48:37 +0200, "Giorgos Keramidas" > >>> I have tried using SSH in the past, and got stuck setting up the > >>> public key login (that's why we're using pserver). > >>> > >>> I spent a few hours yesterday trying to get SSH going again. I can > >>> login with SSH from the windows machine using Putty, but only when > >>> I use password authentication. In order to use cvs with ssh (using > >>> the plink program in Putty), we must use public key authentication. > >> > >> Unfortunately, I can't help with the Windows side. I'm only using UNIX > >> machines as clients, so Putty is something new to me :-( > >> > >> Perhaps someone else on freebsd-questions can help with Putty? > > > > What about on the freebsd server side? Are there any logfiles I can > > look at on the server? Thanks! > > /var/log/auth.log and /var/log/messages are the ones I'd look at. But I > didn't notice anything interesting in the auth.log snippet you posted. > Thanks, Giorgos! /var/log/messages didn't have anything in it either. You'd think there'd be a way to force sshd to write to the log why it rejected a private key. Thank you! Regards. DB -- david bryce davidbryce@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are
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