[ILUG] scponlyc and authorized_keys

[Frank Duignan]

Don't think its the cause but your authorized key files should not be world
readable.  Is sshd configured to accept key based login?

2009/6/9 Greg McRandal <mcrandal at maths.tcd.ie>

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem using scponlyc and an authorized_keys. I have
> created a home dir and a writeable dir for the user. I have created a
> .ssh dir in both, both owned by the user, along with a file
> authorized_keys like this:
>
> $ ll -a ~greg/..
> drwx------  2 greg    greg    4096 2009-06-09 11:41 .ssh
> $ ll -a ~greg/../.ssh
> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg greg 604 2009-06-09 11:41 authorized_keys
> and
> $ ll -a ~greg/
> drwx------ 2 greg greg 4096 2009-06-09 11:35 .ssh
> $ ll -a ~greg/.ssh
> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg greg  603 2009-06-09 11:35 authorized_keys
>
> However when I try to log on as this user I am asked for my login
> password and not the one in authorized_keys.
>
> sftp -v gives this:
> debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
> information
> No credentials cache found
> debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
> information
> No credentials cache found
> debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
> information
> debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
> debug1: Trying private key: /home/greg/.ssh/id_rsa
> debug1: Offering public key: /home/greg/.ssh/id_dsa
> debug1: Authentications that can continue:
> publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
> debug1: Next authentication method: password
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Or does anyone have any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
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