On 2019-11-26 20:27, Jouk Jansen wrote: > I'm trying to setup an ssh-server on F31 which logs a user in without a > password, but with a key-exchange. I generated all the keys and placed them > in the right locations. It still asks for the password. > > Than comes the strange : I stoped the service by "systemctl stop sshd" and > did run "as root" /usr/sbin/sshd. And than it just worked. (tried to stop > and start with systemctl again made the passwordless login fail again) > > Question : why does is work with just running "/usr/sbin/sshd" but not with > "systemctl start sshd" ? One thing you should check is the permissions on the ~/.ssh on the machine you're trying to connect to. If it is not 700 you will get the behavior you cite. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx