On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:45:40AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
Maybe this other problem regarding ssh I've been noticing is related. In past releases I've been able to put the appropriate pub id's in an ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file and start the ssh-agent while starting X.
How were you doing this?
Then all my xterms have ssh-agent running.
How are you verifying that?
In the past that meant when
I called `xterm -e ssh root@localhost' it just started an root xterm with no login. The ssh-agent handled it.
I've exchanged the pub id's between $user and root .ssh/authorized_keys files. and I know it is done right because it works to remote hosts where I've put the same authorized_keys file. However, when I call ssh root@localhost I'm still queried for password.
Hmm. Works from here. Does running ssh with the -v flag give any indication why pubkey authentication fails? When you're prompted for a password, is ssh requesting your login password or the passphrase to your private key?
Nalin