On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Dilip M <dilipm79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. It is working. I changed my $HOME from 775 to 755. It started working. All these days I was thinking that I need to secure only $HOME/.ssh -- Dilip