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Passwordless SSH issue

I have a client that is requiring me to setup an ssh server that they can access with no password. I think I have configured everything properly however they are still being prompted for a password. When trying a loop back after generating local keys I am also being prompted for a pass. Can someone please lend some guidance as I am out of ideas.

I have attached a screenshot of my loopback debug log.

Thanks

gt2847c

Did you set up the authorized_keys file in the users .ssh directory?

Jan Bacher

The users public key (from the remote machine) needs to be added to the authorized_keys or authorized_keys2 (whichever the sshd_config specifies) file of the local account.

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MRS

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I have the public key in the users authorized_keys file and the permissions on .shh set to 700 and authorized_keys set to 640 but still no success. Is there something in the sshd_config that needs to be changed?

gt2847c

could you post the debug you mentioned in the original post? that never got attached.

gt2847c

Also, did you check the permissions on the key files themselves? Those too are checked. Those should be 600 or 400.

MRS

ASKER

I thought that adding the keys to authorized_keys did away with the requirement to keep the key? In fact I have seen many documents stating to remove them from the system

gt2847c

If they're gone, shouldn't be a problem other than you mentioned tried the login locally, so you would have to have the private key for that to work and not get prompted for the password.

crucial_paradigm

Could be as simple as the way the user is connecting?

are they using:
ssh <ip address>

as opposed to:
ssh user@<ipaddress>

rajeev2353

hi,
you can do it in simple method without password go to other server

you can run this command

cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh b@B 'cat >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys'
b@B's password: give the password

and go to command
# ssh b@b

you are log in without password