Another thing to check is the permission for your $HOME, make sure you don't have group or other W permissions. Better yet: chmod 700 $HOME Mike -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Denniston Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:47 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: ssh with shared home dir Gordon Messmer wrote, On 10/24/2010 04:20 PM: > On 10/22/2010 01:08 PM, Todd Denniston wrote: > ... >> 5) root_squash is in play > ... >> 2) Open up the _read_ perms on authorized_keys >> 3a) IIRC you _may_ also have to open up the _read_ perms on ~/.ssh >> 3b) IIRC you _may_ also have to open up the exec perms on ~/.ssh > > root_squash doesn't affect ssh key authentication. The SSH server > performs key authentication as the UID requested. Thanks, I was not aware of that before. some more assumptions I don't think have been confirmed: a) does The OPs _current_ private key match any of the _current_ .ssh/authorized_keys or .ssh/identity or .ssh/id_rsa from the perspective of the client machine? b) can the OP use the _current_ private key to ssh into 127.0.0.1 while logged into either of the machines? i.e. are the keys setup correctly at all? -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos