I want to use ssh2 RSA key with a passphrase in order to login,
so it takes both a key and a passphrase to login (not telnet or rloginf).
It is the default installation, with the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config changed
to look at port 222 rather than port 22. That's about it.
On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote:
> What is hapening is that it's rejecting your key so it won't let to use r
> type login so it falls back and requests a password for authentication
> because a password is still theoretically more secure than a key on a disk
> that is easier to copy than reading your mind if you use good passwords and
> don't write them down.
>
> -Joe
>
> On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:05 pm, you wrote:
> > Here is a mystery, at least to me.
> > My firewall machine, moshe, is running RH7.2 updated.
> > All the remote services are disabled and iptables accepts packets
> > for port 222 so I can remotely connect with ssh.
> > The sshd service, openssh server 3.1, is running.
> > I want to connect from a Windows box elsewhere on the internet.
> > I have been using putty (1/14/2002) and WinSCP 2.0beta.
> > Using sneaker-net with the diskette to install the keys in the linux
> > users ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, then I try to connect.
> >
> > Using the keys generated by putty-gen, then I get a message from
> > logining in that the key is rejected and a prompt for a password,
> > not the prompt for the key passphrase. AND then it lets me login.
> > WHAT IS HAPPENING?
> > TIA !! Larry :-)
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