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Old 01-15-2013
[Solved] [SSH-RSA] Still prompting for password after generating keys
Hello,
I'm trying to perform these operations without entering any password, as user "fzd":
Code:
fzd@machine1> scp /tmp/srcFile1 fzd@machine2:/tmp/$destFile
fzd@machine1> scp fzd@machine2:/tmp/$srcFile /tmp/$destFile

but also
Code:
fzd@machine1> scp /tmp/srcFile1 machine2:/tmp/$destFile
fzd@machine1> scp machine2:/tmp/$srcFile /tmp/$destFile

So, in order to do this, I performed (I'm only using these two machines, so there's no real trouble in removing the .ssh contents):
Code:
0.a - fzd@machine1> rm -rf $HOME/.ssh
0.b - fzd@machine2> rm -rf $HOME/.ssh /tmp/id_rsa.pub
1 - fzd@machine1> ssh-keygen -t rsa [Enter, Enter, Enter]
2 - fzd@machine1> scp $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub fzd@machine2:/tmp
3 - fzd@machine2> mkdir $HOME/.ssh
4 - fzd@machine2> cat /tmp/id_rsa.pub >> $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
5 - fzd@machine2> chmod -R 700 $HOME/.ssh
6 - fzd@machine1> chmod 600 $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa*
7 - fzd@machine2> rm /tmp/id_rsa.pub

However, when running any of these:
Code:
fzd@machine1> ssh fzd@machine2
fzd@machine1> ssh machine2
fzd@machine1> ssh -l fzd machine2
fzd@machine1> scp /tmp/$srcFile fzd@machine2:/tmp/$destFile
fzd@machine1> scp /tmp/$srcFile machine2:/tmp$destFile
fzd@machine1> scp fzd@machine2:/tmp/$srcFile /tmp/$destFile
fzd@machine1> scp machine2:/tmp/$srcFile /tmp/$destFile

I get prompted each time for a password ("fzd@machine2's password:")

Have I skipped something obvious?

I tried to find as much help on this (and other) websites, but almost everyone stopped at step 4 above, some went all the way down to step 6, after the chmods)

("ssh -V" returns, on both machines, "OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x009071f)

Thanks!
fzd

[EDITS: formatting]
Last edited by fzd; 01-16-2013 at 05:18 AM..
# 2  
Old 01-15-2013
Not sure if this will help, but can you apply 700 for .ssh directory on machine1 as well and give it another try?
Code:
fzd@machine1> chmod -R 700 $HOME/.ssh

# 3  
Old 01-15-2013
The above steps you have should work, but this how I would do it. You can try this to see if this makes any difference...

Code:
From LOCAL_SERVER:>    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub REMOTE_HOST_NAME

# 4  
Old 01-16-2013
@samnyc:
Interestingly,
Code:
fzd@machine1> ssh-copy-id
bash: ssh-copy-id: command not found

I am running a Red Hat release 3 (Taroon Update 3) (and can't change it, as it is a work environment requirement).

@bipinajith:
After
Code:
fzd@machine1> chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh
fzd@machine2> chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh

(and checking that my id_rsa was still 600), I tried again, and it prompted me for a password again.

Is there a file somewhere that defines whether this ssh functionality (using the keys and the authorized_keys file to avoid entering passwords) can be used ?

Weirdly enough (but also because I have to implement this), I also tried using rsh (rcp) and filling the .rhosts file. This wasn't successful (adding machine1 on fzd@machine2> $HOME/.rhosts)
# 5  
Old 01-16-2013
What permissions are on the user's home directory itself?
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# 6  
Old 01-16-2013
Code:
fzd@machine1> ls -l /home
[...]
drwxrwxrwx 31 fzd [mygroup] 4096 jan 16 09:43 fzd

fzd@machine2> ls -l /home
[...]
drwxrwxrwx 30 fzd [mygroup] 4096 jan 16 09:32 fzd

(the group is the same on both machines)



EDIT: That was it. I switched it to 755 on both machines and it solved the issue.

Code:
fzd@machine1> ls -l /home
[...]
drwxr-xr-x 31 fzd [mygroup] 4096 jan 16 09:43 fzd

fzd@machine2> ls -l /home
[...]
drwxr-xr-x 30 fzd [mygroup] 4096 jan 16 09:32 fzd

Thanks a lot!
# 7  
Old 01-16-2013
You should remove write for group and other

Code:
chmod og-w

and try again.
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