Comments on: SSH Key Problem Troubleshooting

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:20:56 +0000

Awesome…my problem was as simple as a permission problem. Thanks for the post.

By: Arjun

Arjun — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:17:02 +0000

Thanks for the info, it helped me solve a problem with my ssh setup – which I was doing for the first time …

By: Matt Evans

Matt Evans — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:19:25 +0000

Also, if you used cut and paste method to create/enter key into authorized_keys, make sure the key is one continuous line and not broken by linefeeds or CRs.

By: ali

ali — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:16 +0000

Very useful- also remember if setting up the key for a user other than root, that the authorized_keys file is owned by the correct user/group.

Cheers

By: uphill

uphill — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:25:28 +0000

collect underpants?

By: k3ri

k3ri — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:22:23 +0000

Also, when trying to do root logins (only on SECURED systems):

1) make sure that you set: PermitRootLogin yes
2) make sure that you set the root directory properly in /etc/passwd (IE: /root/.ssh/authorized_keys doesn’t work if you have root homedir set to /)
3) Profit.

By: Paul Hepworth

Paul Hepworth — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips. It seemed that my problem/solution was not on your list. I had an issue where my keys were compromized. You can check it out here:

http://peppyheppy.com/2009/1/14/fail-compromised-ssh-public-key-on-ubuntu

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