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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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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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Server does not accept public key for ssh login without password [duplicate]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...