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Subject: Re: ssh authentication error
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:06, Jerrin <slackmails@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> =C2=A0On a mac system i generated the key using ssh-keygen -t dsa and cop=
ied
> .ssh/id_dsa.pub to /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys on a Freebsd server, b=
ut
> it prompts for the password

Check perms on /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 640 or 600, not 644

If that doesn't work, try to ssh with a -v or -vv, that might give you
more of a clue