Hi, I do not know how my admin resolved it. But, I was finally able to overcome this. He helped me when I asked him sshd logs. :) Thanks, Charan On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Daniel Carrillo <daniel.carrillo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/12/16 Charan <charan314@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Well >> >> identity file is nothing but id_rsa file >> I did copying id_rsa to identity in .ssh folder >> >> cp id_rsa identity >> >> and the error you mentioned below ("Unknown key type") I don't know >> why this is coming here because I removed the .ssh folder and then >> regenerated again but still it shows me the same error. >> > > What the sshd log says ? > > > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On 15Dec2009 09:22, Charan <charan314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > | I did the ssh -vvv >> > | Please see the attachment. >> > [...] >> > | ssh -vvv svc-oracle@bisquioant1289 >> > | OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 >> > | debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config >> > | debug1: Applying options for * >> > | debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 >> > | debug1: Connecting to bisquioant1289 [bisquioant1289] port 22. >> > | debug1: Connection established. >> > | debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /export/home/charan/.ssh/identity. >> > | debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN' >> > | debug3: key_read: missing keytype >> > | debug3: key_read: missing whitespace >> > [...] >> > >> > Your private key is not in ssh's expected format. What did you use to >> > generate it? >> > >> > I also suspect you might have stored a public key in the private key >> > file:-( Have a look at the /export/home/charan/.ssh/identity file; >> > does the "-----BEGIN" line describe the content? >> > -- >> > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 >> > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ >> > >> > A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature >> > replaces it with. - Tenessee Williams >> > >> > -- >> > redhat-list mailing list >> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Charan >> >> -- >> redhat-list mailing list >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Thanks, Charan -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list