[RndTbl] key for ssh

[Kelly Leveille]

Rob,

Is the Ubuntu server "rejecting your key" during the SSH login session? Are
there any logs available from either WinSCP or from the SSH server? I think
SSHD can provide some verbose real-time logging which might detail the
error. Are trying to login as root when testing the keyed & password based
logins?

Sorry that's all questions & no answers but maybe some part of it will point
you in the right direction.

Kelly

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On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Robert Dyck <rbdyck2 at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I am also trying to set up ssh. I installed OpenSSH on Ubuntu server, and
> downloaded WinSCP for my Windows computer. Both machines are in my home
> office right now, but the server will be relocated to a business office. I
> will continue to administer the server so want access from my home office.
> I
> need the server to be secure, so I want to use key authentication. My
> client
> machine is Windows so I can't run ssh-copy-id, so I just copied the .pub
> file to the server then copied it to authorized_keys. It's rejecting my
> key.
> I have passwords enabled for testing, but want to disable passwords when I
> actually connect through the internet. I tried to have WinSCP generate the
> keys and copy the .pub file to the server, and I generated keys on the
> server and copied the private key to my Windows desktop. WinSCP requires
> "importing" the private key, it adds some of it's own stuff such as the
> client's MAC address. Either way the server just rejects the key.
>
> I have ensured PubkeyAuthentication is yes, AuthoriedKeysFile is
> uncommented, and issued the ssh restart command after each change to the
> server's config file.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Rob Dyck
>
>
>
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