Re: passwordless login with same user id across box

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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

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