On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 04:23:38PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 04:45:10PM -0500, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Don't I suppose to get two prompts for two passwords? > > One from the key and one from the login? > > > > Currently, I only need to enter the login password. > > that is why I do not understand what are these keys > > for? > > > If everything is working correctly, you should only be asked for your > passphrase (see 'man ssh-keygen'). > > > However, from 'man ssh': > > If other authentication methods fail, ssh prompts the user for a pass > word. The password is sent to the remote host for checking; however, > since all communications are encrypted, the password cannot be seen by > someone listening on the network. > > > Most of the systems on which I have set up a .ssh/authorized_keys file > require only the key. One requires the password instead, although the > key file is correct as far as I can tell.
It's worth noting that ssh cares about file permissions; it seems to get upset if your key files are group writable. Remove group write permissions and see what happens. -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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