On 11/26/19 8:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > 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. I've seen this on several fedora updates. Something changes permissions on ~/.ssh and then what you see happens > > -- Roger Wells, P.E. leidos 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ 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