I can ssh from machine A to B as user ross on both, using key-based login. ssh-agent is running under KDE on A. A is Debian wheezy, B is Debian squeeze.
However, when I do the following sequence on A: sux # change to root with X credentials ssh -i /home/ross/.ssh/id_rsa ross@B A window pops up with the message "The authenticity of host 'xxx' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is YYY. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? The title is "OpenSSH Authentication Passphrase Request" and it has 2 buttons, "OK" and "Cancel". When I click OK I get a message, in my original terminal, Host key verification failed. Clicking cancel doesn't change the result. Operating in a shell from which I have unset DISPLAY and the SSH_AGENT variables doesn't change the result (there's no popup, just an immediate verification failure). I would be very grateful if anyone could explain what's going and what I can do to get past this. I have checked permissions of the relevant files for ross and root on A, and they appear to be in order. On A, root's .ssh/ has only a known_hosts file. I have never encountered this popup before; I have only seen the "Are you sure you want to continue connecting" in the same terminal from which I ran ssh, and I can reply on the command line. I don't know where the popup is coming from. My speculation is that because of the popup all my responses are taken as "No" for continuing connecting. I have to run as root for sshuttle. Thanks. Ross Boylan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cak3ntrdgewsp6+zyvnx8pzhon+arm6gpjfw-1xx+duxkey7...@mail.gmail.com
