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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:13:53 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: openssh and identity
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In-Reply-To: <3A881259.6060EB6@bbn.com>; from wfarrell@bbn.com on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:42:01AM -0500

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:42:01AM -0500, Wilson Farrell wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm having trouble getting my ssh client (openssh 2.3p1) to authenticate
> using rsa.  
> 
> if I simply:
> ssh host.company.com
> I get the password prompt back.
> 
> if I:
> ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/identity host.company.com
> it logs me in via rsa authentication as expected.  
> 
> >From the man page:  
>      -i identity_file
>              Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
> RSA
>              authentication is read.  Default is $HOME/.ssh/identity in
> the
>              user's home directory.  Identity files may also be
> specified on a
>              per-host basis in the configuration file.  It is possible
> to have
>              multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in
> config-
>              uration files).
> 
> I have also cput the line:
> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity in my .ssh/config file.  Didn't help.
> 
> I guess I can live with the problem, but it bothers me.
> 
> Any ideas?

Is your home directory correctly set in /etc/passwd?

Corinna

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