Warren Michelsen wrote: > On Mac OS, in order to allow ssh using dsa keys, I would copy > ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub from my machine into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the > target machine. I've created .ssh directories in my account home as > well as in /root and copied the respective keys to authorized_keys > files in each. > > Strangely, I can now ssh as root with no password but my own user > account still prompts for a password. What might be wrong? > have you checked /var/log/secure ? If permissions or ownership are not correct on the authorized_keys file, .ssh or the home directory then s/key auth will not work. > Interestingly, passwordless root ssh log-in worked while > 'PermitRootLogin' in /etc/ssh/sshd_config was just 'yes' and before I > changed it to 'without-password'. > This is correct behavior. The yes just says it will accept password and s/key for root. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 6672 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100201/9fff0f64/attachment-0005.bin>