OpenSSH

[maf at appgate.com]

On 26 jan, MIKE FARRELL wrote:
> I'm having a hard time try to connect to our OpenSSH server. I've
> generated keys and given them to the admin. He's added them to the
> Authentication files but we're still not able to connect. Can someone
> give us a step by step process for getting this to work?

The most common cause of failure when setting up public-key auth is
having the wrong permissions on the authorized_keys file or its
directory (owned by user and not writable for anybody else).

If that is not the cause use sshd -d to see what the server says.

> PS what are the Password / Password again fields used for. They appear
> as options when we are generating keys.

They are there for password protecting your private key.

	/MaF