RE: what happened??

Yes I tried setting strictmodes to no and also chmod 600 on authorized_keys2
but nothing. It still asks for the password. Pretty baffling. Unless
there are other keys that are causing the problem?

>From: "Johnson, Michael" <Michael.Johnson.03@mckenna.edu>
>Reply-To: Secure Shell Discussions <ssh-l@erdelynet.com>
>To: "'Secure Shell Discussions'" <ssh-l@erdelynet.com>
>Subject: RE: what happened??
>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:22:43 -0800
>
>If sshd_config has strictmodes set to yes, you need to make sure the key is
>only readable/writable by the user it belongs to (600 perms on unix). Any
>other permissions cause problems. You can try "strictmodes no" and see if
>that works, or try setting the permission on the keys.
>
> -Michael
> http://lexa.mckenna.edu/sshwindows/
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Mah [mailto:mah_joseph@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 6:20 AM
>To: ssh-l@erdelynet.com
>Subject: RE: what happened??
>
>
>Yes exactly, I've tried poking and prodding around with permissions but
>nothing. Something was changed and I think the only way is to probably
>reinstall Cygwin again.
>The SSHD service DOES start up, it's just not using key authentication.
>
>Well passwords are encrypted so that's ok, thanks for the info Michael...
>
>
> >From: "Lewis Shobbrook" <lshobbrook@fasttrack.net.au>
> >Reply-To: Secure Shell Discussions <ssh-l@erdelynet.com>
> >To: "Secure Shell Discussions" <ssh-l@erdelynet.com>
> >Subject: RE: what happened??
> >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:26:40 +1100
> >
> > I've seen something similar to this occur. After some experimentation,
> >it appeared to be changing the default permissions on ssh related files
> >and folders as recommended at some web sites. The service starts when
> >first installed, the permissions are changed, the service stays up.
> >Reboot and service won't start. I recall that after wasting a bit of
> >time on toying with permissions and basically removed cygwin completely
> >and started from scratch, without altering the default opermissions on
> >any of the files, may be a security risk (only use it in a protected
> >network) but it works happily with automatic key based authentication
> >for rsync which is why I use it.
> >
> >Probably not much help, but there you go.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Lewis
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ssh-l-bounces@erdelynet.com
> > > [mailto:ssh-l-bounces@erdelynet.com] On Behalf Of Johnson, Michael
> > > Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2003 09:12
> > > To: 'Secure Shell Discussions'
> > > Subject: RE: what happened??
> > >
> > > Hm. I have not had that happen with keys, perhaps someone
> > > else on the list has seen that?
> > >
> > > This reply is mostly to stress that passwords are NOT sent in
> > > the clear.
> > > They are sent encrypted to the server (unlike telnet, ftp, etc).
> > >
> > > -Michael
> > > http://lexa.mckenna.edu/sshwindows/
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joseph Mah [mailto:mah_joseph@hotmail.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:59 PM
> > > To: ssh-l@erdelynet.com
> > > Subject: what happened??
> > >
> > >
> > > I set up Cygwin SSHD and it was working perfectly, accepting
> > > authorized keys
> > >
> > > using SSH2. After rebooting the W2K machine, it suddenly
> > > stopped using key
> > > authentication. Now the only option I am left with is
> > > cleartext passwords.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me what changed or what permissions I should
> > > reset perhaps??
> > >
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