On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Ben Waugh wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having difficulty getting password-free SSH to work between machines,
> or even between once machine and itself. The following occurs when trying
> to ssh from pc90.hep.ucl.ac.uk (my new CE) to itself:-
>
> Added to /etc/ssh/ssh_config:
> Host *
> HostbasedAuthentication yes
>
> Added to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
> HostbasedAuthentication yes
> IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
> IgnoreRhosts yes
>
> Now, as a pool account user, I try:
>
> [atlas024@pc90 atlas024]$ ssh pc90.hep.ucl.ac.uk
> ssh-keysign not enabled in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> ssh_keysign: no reply
> key_sign failed
> [log in to unmask] password:
>
> I don't know what is going on here, but a bit of Googling leads me to add
> the line
> EnableSSHKeysign yes
> to ssh_config, which gets rid of the ssh-keysign errors, but I still get
> prompted for a password.
>
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
I don't have any mention of ssh-keysign on either the CE or WN. Does
/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts actually include your CE?
Henry
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