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Greetings, Rurik Christiansen!

> The "ssh -vvv' (client side) has not been particularly helpful to me
> when it comes to permissions.

That's because server will not disclose any potential vulnerabilities to
client.

> and my understanding is that I can't run the sshd frontend without
> screwing the permissions.

I don't understand what you mean by this.

> (the client sends the publickey packet and then jumps to next auth method)

This looks exactly like wrong permissions on authorized_keys file, or
absence of it for particular user.

Also, please don't top-post.


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 06.04.2012, <02:42>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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