thanks Bret.....
> total 28 > drwx------ 2 bhughes bhughes 4096 Apr 17 13:40 . > drwx------ 24 bhughes bhughes 4096 Jun 1 02:36 .. > -rw------- 1 bhughes bhughes 606 Apr 17 13:40 authorized_keys > -rw------- 1 bhughes bhughes 672 Oct 24 2002 id_dsa > -rw-r--r-- 1 bhughes bhughes 625 Oct 24 2002 id_dsa.pub > -rw-r--r-- 1 bhughes bhughes 4188 May 11 07:52 known_hosts the same. is that the remote or the local? the man for ssh-keygen doesn't say that you have to copy the id_dsa* files to the remote machine... only that id_dsa.pub should be copied to .ssh/authorized_keys: "The contents of this file should be added to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret" > > > if you still have problems make sure the sshd is set up to accept PK > auth. should be by default. again here is mine: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bhughes]$ sudo grep -i auth /etc/ssh/sshd_config > Password: > #SyslogFacility AUTH > SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV > # Authentication: > #RSAAuthentication yes > #PubkeyAuthentication yes > #AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys the same.. this has to be uncommented on both or only on the remote?! > # rhosts authentication should not be used > #RhostsAuthentication no > #RhostsRSAAuthentication no > #HostbasedAuthentication no > # RhostsRSAAuthentication and HostbasedAuthentication > #PasswordAuthentication yes > #ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes > # KerberosAuthentication automatically enabled if keyfile exists > #KerberosAuthentication yes > # Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM keyboard-interactive authentication > # Warning: enabling this may bypass the setting of > 'PasswordAuthentication' > #PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt yes > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list