X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_PGP_SIGNED,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 15:30:08 +0200 From: David Sastre Medina To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: sshd not doing key based authentication Message-ID: <20120404133001.GA8876@pris.crapsteak.org> References: <4F7C0884.2080006@gmail.com> <74924010.20120404152639@mtu-net.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <74924010.20120404152639@mtu-net.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 03:26:39PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Rurik Christiansen! > > I'm trying to make sshd to do key based authentication. > > I am guessing that is probably a problem of permissions but can't figure > > it out. > > All I found was this email: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-11/msg00212.html > > which basically says RTFM > > Well, I did RTFM, I followed the instructions. all looks OK as far as I > > can see but still no go. >=20 > Read logs on both sides, of course. > The most common issue is access rights on key files. Check for PubkeyAuthentication, StrictModes, AllowUsers, AllowGroups,=20 AuthorizedKeysFile in the server side (whether they exist and how they are= =20 defined), read the manpage for detailed info on this options (sshd_config(5)). Try setting LogLevel to DEBUG. Provide a 'ssh -vvv user@host' test connection. You don't give enough info to figure out what the problem might be. --=20 Primary key fingerprint: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56 --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk98TNUACgkQ95urBFKZ7FaW0AD+KGZc8yeYSuajvlpDU2ZDv5bR 6LswgNEAYxslTkdvrawA/0POcYw5EggpP2pX6p5Gq2db2/peq3VEeUP8Ndhnuc9J =Z32B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--