Re: [TCLUG:12157] RSA with SSH

[Christopher McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

You need to be in hosts.equiv on visi.com

Timothy Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've been trying at various times to set up SSH authentication to Visi via
> RSA. I can't get it to work and I wonder if someone could suggest what I'm
> doing wrong. (I'm running SSH 1.2.27)
> 
> Here's what I've done.
> 1. run 'ssh-keygen' on my local machine to generate public/private keys
> and type long, cryptic passphrase that I won't remember for more than an
> hour.
> 2. copy ~/.ssh/identity.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote
> machine.
> 3. I also created a ~/.ssh/config file on the local and remote machines
> that contain 'RSAAthorization yes'
> 
> Normally, loggin in via SSH is no problem. I type password, I get access.
> Now when I connect using 'ssh visi.com' I get challenged for the
> passphrase every time. Entering the correct passphrase does allow me in.
> Hitting return prompts me for my regular password.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> -Tim
> 
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