In Fedora 16 after I append idrsa.pub to .ssh/authorizekey, i still get asked for a password.I am working on clustering and MPI. On Linux Mint 12 after I do the apppend and all password requests stop. How do i get ssh to autorize login with a rsa key and not ask for a password?
Ben
ssh is usually set up to ask for passwords only after trying public keys so there must be something wrong with your setting up of the authorized_keys file entry. Do you have ssh-agent or gnome keyring running? Do you have a pass-phrase for the id_rsa.pub? Were you asked for it?
You have to disable passwords in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the ssh server
# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
PasswordAuthentication no
systemctl reload sshd.service
Check permissions of ~/.ssh directory and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. Nobody except current user shouldn't write there and openssh server check it (you can find some info in log).
chown `whoami` ~/.ssh -R chmod 0700 ~/.ssh chmod 0600 ~/.authorized_keys
Asked: 2012-03-19 15:11:27 -0500
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Last updated: Mar 21 '12
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