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Operating Systems HP-UX Unable To Perform A "Passwordless" SSH Login To A Server
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Old 04-20-2011
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Originally Posted by Rob Sandifer
What I am asking...is....what is the mechanism which drives the enforcement of the permissions? In other words, what I am asking is what is actually causing the ssh public key authentication to actually become disabled when directory level permissions on /root are loosened rather than tightened.... Stated anothery way... is it the unix operating system or is it the ssh application itself which causes public key authentication to fail? Thanks.
It's the ssh program itself.
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Old 04-25-2011
Well, root is not the usual case. Root can read and write anyone's keys, but root must not allow anyone to get to his or any other user's private keys.

The UNIX O/S does not know what ssh is up to, it is nothing special; ssh deals with applying the rules and finding, passing, accepting the keys. Since sshd runs as root, it can create sessions for any user. Anyone could write such an access protocol, no O/S cooperation is required.

The very idea is likely the product of other O/S, where they hack the OS for every app, in place of providing facilities and staying out of the way. This is to support and sell proprietary software only. Long ago, that was all there was!
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Old 04-25-2011
Thanks to all of you for your very thoughtful and insightful input!

Rob S.
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