On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:33:48PM +0530, Dilip M wrote: >> 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) > > The common usernames are not an issue. I have the same username on > client and server most of the time. > > Based on your description, it sounds like you've ONLY tested user_A -> > user_B, and user_A -> user_A. So the point of failure is not "user > names are the same", but rather, "user_A on the server". Which leads > me to suspect you have incorrect permissions (or an invalid key) in > user_A's home directory. Exactly. I had a 775 on $HOME. After changing it to 755, it works fine. > I have some hints here: http://wooledge.org/mywiki/SshKeys Yes, the last line...says it :) In many implementations, the presence of the group-write permission bit on the /home directory would cause sshd to reject an authorized_keys file in this user's .ssh directory. (There are some configuration settings that can change that, but it's typically easier and better to fix permissions on too-loose directories rather than removing SSH's safety precautions.) Thanks for sharing. It is useful :) -- Dilip
