Rob,<br><br>Is the Ubuntu server "rejecting your key" during the SSH login session? Are there any logs available from either WinSCP or from the SSH server? I think SSHD can provide some verbose real-time logging which might detail the error. Are trying to login as root when testing the keyed & password based logins?<br>
<br>Sorry that's all questions & no answers but maybe some part of it will point you in the right direction.<br><br>Kelly <br><br>----<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Robert Dyck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbdyck2@shaw.ca">rbdyck2@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I am also trying to set up ssh. I installed OpenSSH on Ubuntu server, and<br>
downloaded WinSCP for my Windows computer. Both machines are in my home<br>
office right now, but the server will be relocated to a business office. I<br>
will continue to administer the server so want access from my home office. I<br>
need the server to be secure, so I want to use key authentication. My client<br>
machine is Windows so I can't run ssh-copy-id, so I just copied the .pub<br>
file to the server then copied it to authorized_keys. It's rejecting my key.<br>
I have passwords enabled for testing, but want to disable passwords when I<br>
actually connect through the internet. I tried to have WinSCP generate the<br>
keys and copy the .pub file to the server, and I generated keys on the<br>
server and copied the private key to my Windows desktop. WinSCP requires<br>
"importing" the private key, it adds some of it's own stuff such as the<br>
client's MAC address. Either way the server just rejects the key.<br>
<br>
I have ensured PubkeyAuthentication is yes, AuthoriedKeysFile is<br>
uncommented, and issued the ssh restart command after each change to the<br>
server's config file.<br>
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What am I doing wrong?<br>
<br>
Rob Dyck<br>
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