On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 16:31, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > bluethundr wrote: > > hello list > > > > I have a network mounted home directory shared between all hosts on my > > network: > <snip> > > So therefore my RSA key should already be in my authorized_keys on any > > host. However logging into the virtual network, I always get prompted > > for a password. just for the heck of it, I scp'd the key over again to > > one of the virtual hosts: > <snip> > > Considering that this key is internal network only and doesn't have a > > passphrase set (it does not traverse internet boundaries) why on earth > > am I being prompted for a password whenever I ssh into this machine? > > Do you have > PermitRootLogin without-password > in /etc/ssh/sshd_config? > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > I would think that would just cause a failed login and not ask for a password then let him in. From reading, it looks like he can SSH, just not without the password... John -- John Kennedy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101116/ec7a98c7/attachment-0005.html>