I'm trying to use PuTTY to connect to a RH 8 box using SSH and a
password-less private key file. I have no trouble using PuTTY to connect to
this same server using SSH and password authentication -- it's only when I
use private/public key files.
I used the puttygen program to generate an RSA public and private key (I
also tried DSA keys), and put the resulting public key file in the RH user's
~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
The ~/.ssh directory has mode 700 and authorized_keys has mode 644 (I also
tried mode 640). These modes were chosen because I searched the redhat-list
archives and discovered that someone else was receiving "Authentication
refused: bad ownership or modes for ..." messages.
These messages are now gone, but PuTTY now displays the following messages:
Using username "user".
Server refused our key
user@myserver's password:
I launch putty specifying the user name (-l username), private key file (-i
private.ppk), and saved session (-load myserver). Any suggestions or ideas?
Sincerely,
L. Christopher Luther
Technical Consultant
Xybernaut Solutions, Inc.
(703) 654-3642
cluther@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.xybernautsolutions.com
My PGP Public Key:
http://keyserver.pgp.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21261B88
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