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

[Mick]

On Thursday 31 May 2007 13:14, Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 2007 07:42, Mick wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:42, Mauro Faccenda wrote:
[snip]
> > debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa
> > debug1: Authentications that can continue:
> > publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method:
> > password
> > ======================================
>
> that's strange.
>
> which version of openssh do you use in the server and the client?
> mine:
> client: OpenSSH_4.5p1
> server: OpenSSH_4.4p1

Installed versions:  4.5_p1-r1(19:45:58 02/23/07)
(X -X509 -chroot -hpn -kerberos ldap -libedit 
pam -selinux -skey -smartcard -static tcpd)

> > That's right, so why does it:
> > ======================================
> > debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa <--this doesn't
> > exist debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa <--this is
> > my private key
> > ======================================
>
> i didn't noticed this line... really strange.
>
> how your id_dsa was created? is it corrupted or does it has a public key on
> it instead?

It was created with 'ssh-keygen -t dsa'.

> you should try creating your key pair again with:
>
> $ ssh-keygen -t dsa

I would, but it seems to work fine with other servers, hence the point of this 
thread.  What I am going to try out nevertheless is generating an RSA key and 
see if the server accepts it.  Perhaps as Hans-Werner suggested the server 
may have been configured to only use dsa keys (I find this odd, but I don't 
know much about RH).

> i would like to see the content of this file (or, at least the "headers"),
> but its a PRIVATE key. ;)
>
> the "headers" of mine:
>
> -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
> Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
> DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,933FEB2C1C691496

This is mine:

-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC, XXXXXXXXXXX[snip]

-- 
Regards,
Mick