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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:29:57 -0800
From: Lawrence Sica <larry@interactivate.com>
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To: Scott Reber <sreber@atltechgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: ssh config assistance
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Scott Reber wrote:
> 
> If this should be posted to questions instead, I apologize in advance.
> 
> I am setting up my first FreeBSD 4.2R box.  I am trying, with no success,
> to connect using ssh via a Windows F-Secure client using public keys.  I am
> able to use ssh2 with a password, but not public key.  This same client has
> been used in the past to access several boxes that were already set up and
> using ssh1 with public key.
> 
> While I have read man sshd, man ssh_keygen and checked out openssh.org.  I
> think I followed the instructions, but I am still unable to make this work.
> 
> I am running 4.2R clean out of the box.  I've tried creating
> ~<user>/.ssh/authorized_keys2 and copying the clients' public key into it
> but to no avail.
> 

it should be in the authorized_keys file not authorized_keys2.  also
make sure the host is known to the box, if the host is unknown it will
not work as strict checking is on by default if i recall. look in the
~/.ssh/known_hosts file for the host.  

--Larry


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