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30 questions linked to/from Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
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Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /var/git/.ssh/authorized_keys [duplicate]
EDIT
The issue as exposed here is
solved (about files modes of the .ssh folder.
But an other issue persists so I create a new question : > Unable to login with SSH-RSA key
I can no longer ...
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Server does not accept public key for ssh login without password [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
I have ssh access to two sever. One old one and one new one. For the old one I use the ...
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SSH publickey works for root but not user [duplicate]
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Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
I'm setting up a remote server. The sshd is configured to use publickey only. There are two ...
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SSH Key not working [duplicate]
I created an SSH key on my laptop using ssh-keygen and then put it on some production servers so that I don' have to type my password every time.
On some servers it is working well, but on some it's ...
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ssh key doesn't work for one server but works for another [duplicate]
debug ssh works
Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: /home/vinatia/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ...
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Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with key authentication? [duplicate]
I have two Oracle Linux 7.1 servers setup (devapp and subversion are the hostnames). What I want to do is ssh into subversion from devapp without having to enter a password. I followed this guide: ...
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Setup SSH public key for login without password [duplicate]
Today I have setup 3 servers (4 including the server sending the SSH commands) with a public SSH key so I can automate some scripts
It works on the 2 first systems but not on the third.. SSH still ...
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My ssh key doesn't work, permissions look good [duplicate]
My permissions look like this:
-rw-------. 1 smpadmin staff 400 May 21 2014 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r--. 1 smpadmin staff 505 Dec 14 19:19 known_hosts
drwxr-xr-x. 45 smpadmin staff 4096 Jan ...
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ssh public key authentication fails [duplicate]
I copied my public ssh key to a remote server, but the authentication fails with the following ssh output:
ilya@workstation ~ % ssh -v ilya@remoteserver
OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1k-fips 8 Jan 2015
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Same pubkey allows access on one user, but not another [duplicate]
So I have a centos 7 server with 2 users.
User1 has the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file with proper permissions and with externaluser's public key in it.
User2 has the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file with ...
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Shell script to ssh to machines. [duplicate]
Should be able to ssh from one VM to another or more other machines, but should not prompt for public key authentication.
How to cover the prompt in automation using a shell script.
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How to forward X over SSH to run graphics applications remotely?
I have a machine running Ubuntu which I SSH to from my Fedora 14 machine. I want to forward X from the Ubuntu machine back to Fedora so I can run graphical programs remotely. Both machines are on a ...
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Unable to login with SSH-RSA key
This post is following this question : Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /var/git/.ssh/authorized_keys .
The issue as exposed there is
solved (about files modes of the ....
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What can go wrong if we disable selinux [closed]
We inherited a bunch of used servers from another team. Some of them have SELinux enabled on it, some do not. Because of SELinux, we are having trouble setting up passwordless ssh, our webserver, ...
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ssh-copy-id succeeded, but still prompt password input
I have ssh-copy-id root@c199 succeeded before.
I can login by ssh root@c199 without password prompt
I want to auto login by another user ufo (remote machine has this user)
ssh-copy-id ufo@c199 ask ...
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Why can't I use public/private key authentication with ssh on Arch Linux?
I have the following setup on an Ubuntu machine:
~/dotfiles/authorized_keys2
~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 -> /home/wayne/dotfiles/authorized_keys2
I had the same setup on my Arch machine, but when I ...
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Passwordless ssh is not working in CentOS 7
I am trying passwordless SSH in CentOS7 installed in VMWare. I followed steps from this link, but facing issue while using ssh. Below is the log:
[root@osboxes ~]# ssh root@localhost
root@localhost's ...
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Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /root
I'm trying to SSH into my remote VPS with Debian onboard. Running sshd in debug mode, I found that:
Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /root
I tried setting permissions as ...
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Still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
I tried everything mentioned in this solution Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?, but still getting prompt for password.
My local log:
ssh -vvv ...
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Logging in through ssh tunnel with rsa key still giving password prompt
I have two laptops (Host A and Host C) with dynamic IP addresses and one desktop (Host B), all of which are running (Ubuntu) Linux. Right now I have things set up so I can access Host A from Host C as ...
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Repeated prompts for SSH private key password in single session
I have a private SSH key on a shared development server, which is secured with a password.
Even after loading it into ssh-agent, I get re-prompted for the private key password
For some reason, even ...
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public key authentification doesn't pass, why?
I'm trying to connect to Server with ssh and id_rsa key. That key is only key in authorized_keys (just added with ssh-copy-id)
When i do connect, server ask doesnt end with keys but always ask for ...
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rsync to remote server without password [duplicate]
I seem to be having a little issue with connecting to a remote server, to rsync my backups
what i have done so far
run ssh-keygen
created public and private key
run ssh-copy-id -i my.key.pub ...
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Being Prompted for Password After Already Registered Public Key On server [closed]
NOTE: This is not a duplicate to the popular question.
Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
I had an original post but I did not get much answers helping ...
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Cannot ssh without password [duplicate]
I have been trying to set up remote file copy without password between 2 Linux machines. I have appended my .ssh/id_rsa.pub from local to remote .ssh/authorized_keys. I have also set up correct file ...
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Unable to ssh with private key
I'm trying to connect to remote ssh with private key.
But it always prompted to password.
The key file id_rsa (this is copy from the server ~//.ssh/id_rsa file):
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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scripted ssh should not ask for a password if public key authentication fails
Here is my use case: I have a script that lists through hundreds of servers and tests whether or not they allow logins using public key authentication using a specific private key (in the ssh client's ...
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Can't login via ssh using public key
I am trying to connect to my Ubuntu server using ssh and a public key. I have disabled the connection from remote using a password, so I can only login using a key.
There are two users on my server. ...
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chmod doesn't help for "Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes"
Foreword: I believe I did my homework. I tried checking the ownership/modes of the relevant files, but I'm still getting the error.
I'm trying to start an SFTP server on GNU/Linux. I made a new user ...
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ssh-copy-id successful but still getting password prompt
I have to connect to my work pc, and I'm working with this config,
Host work
User name
HostName 192.168.31.***
ProxyCommand ssh.exe p***@middle_host nc %h %p
Here, middle_host is ...
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