Hi Vladimir, Thanks for responding. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Vladimir Levijev <vladimir.levijev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 2008/12/7 Dilip M <dilipm79@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > > My first post to this list....after googling the web to find the > > solution. > > > > I have 2 box. One running Redhat (OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 > > 2003) and other Ubuntu(OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5build1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 > > Feb 2007). > > > > I am trying to do password less login _from_ redhat _to_ ubuntu box. It > > works for different user ID, but not for same user id. > > > > i.e If user_A@redhat ssh's to user_B@ubuntu, it works. > > > > But when, user_A@redhat ssh'd to user_A@ubuntu, it doesn't work. > > > > PS: Home directory is common across box. (NIS ID's) > > > > ---log --- > > $ ssh-keygen -t rsa > > Generating public/private rsa key pair. > > Enter file in which to save the key (/home/dilipm/.ssh/id_rsa): > > Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): > > Enter same passphrase again: > > Your identification has been saved in /home/dilipm/.ssh/id_rsa. > > Your public key has been saved in /home/dilipm/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. > > The key fingerprint is: > > d4:db:36:3a:dd:9e:6d:c0:31:4a:75:d9:b9:9d:9d:c2 dilipm@blrmputest1 > > > > $cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys > > You are doing it on a server, right? Yes. But both are running different versions > I usually perform next steps to setup a passwordless login (all > commands done on a client side, that is where you are connecting from, > in your case "user" is the same that you are logged in on a client): > > $ ssh-keygen -t dsa -N '' -b 1024 > > $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub user@remotebox > > In case there is no ssh-copy-id (for example, an older box) I use > next: cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh user@remotebox "cat >> > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" > > Testing: > > $ ssh user@remotebox I did it and it is not working. Also the .ssh folder permissions are, It is going till... debug1: Offering public key: /home/dilipm/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Offering public key: /home/dilipm/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Next authentication method: password Don't know why the password is not accepted. -- Dilip
