Re: [gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server

[Mick]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:12, Fabio wrote:
> Hello Mick mic ! :D
>
> On 30/05/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
> > debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa
> > debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa
>
> I am not sure if you know the publickey authentication method, so
> there goes an unnecessary explanation:
>
> If you register the id_dsa.pub contents in the file
> /home/mic/.ssh/authorized_keys in the server, then the publickey
> authentication method returns success, what means, you enter the
> server without typing your password. The debug messages suggest that
> publickey method failed because you did not register the key.

Thanks for the explanation.  I had already created an authorized_keys file 
in /home/mic/.ssh and pasted my id_dsa.pub key in there.  Then checked that 
there was nothing untoward in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restarted the 
sshd service.

> > debug1: Authentications that can continue:
> > publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method:
> > password
> > ==============================
> >
> > I find it confusing.  First of all I do not have a id_rsa.
>
> You can generate one with the command ssh-keygen and using the default
> statements.

Sure, but I don't need an rsa key.  I am happy using my dsa key for now.

> > Second, my id_dsa
> > is my private key not my public key.  My public key is id_dsa.pub
>
> No problem, ssh respects that completely.

I know that it does.  What I don't know is why the debug message 
says: "Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa" when id_dsa is a 
private key.
-- 
Regards,
Mick