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On Wednesday 30 May 2007 16:57, Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. |
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it tries the default keys (id_rsa or id_dsa), if exists. if you don't want it |
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to try it, you can use the -i parameter to ssh pointing to your private key |
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(ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa <user>@<server>), |
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> Second, my id_dsa is my private key not my public key. My public key is |
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> id_dsa.pub |
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but you will need your private key to be authenticated. that's why it is |
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*private*. |
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> Is this a server configuration issue, or something to do with my Gentoo set |
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> up? |
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ana in the server you'll need to put your *public* key into |
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~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. |
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> PS. Not sure if this is relevant but although my user name on the server is |
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> mick, for reasons better known to him the sysadmin has created my home |
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> directory as /home/mic - could it be that sshd is looking for /home/mick? |
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that messages isn't from the server, is from client running locally. but it |
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doesnt matter for what you want. |
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[]'s |
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.m |
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