Sorry I misinterprted your first post...
I thought you were tirng to do key only auth.
-Joe
On Thursday 26 September 2002 11:39 pm, you wrote:
> I want to use ssh2 RSA key with a passphrase in order to login,
> so it takes both a key and a passphrase to login (not telnet or rloginf).
> It is the default installation, with the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config changed
> to look at port 222 rather than port 22. That's about it.
>
> On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote:
> > What is hapening is that it's rejecting your key so it won't let to use r
> > type login so it falls back and requests a password for authentication
> > because a password is still theoretically more secure than a key on a
> > disk that is easier to copy than reading your mind if you use good
> > passwords and don't write them down.
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> > On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:05 pm, you wrote:
> > > Here is a mystery, at least to me.
> > > My firewall machine, moshe, is running RH7.2 updated.
> > > All the remote services are disabled and iptables accepts packets
> > > for port 222 so I can remotely connect with ssh.
> > > The sshd service, openssh server 3.1, is running.
> > > I want to connect from a Windows box elsewhere on the internet.
> > > I have been using putty (1/14/2002) and WinSCP 2.0beta.
> > > Using sneaker-net with the diskette to install the keys in the linux
> > > users ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, then I try to connect.
> > >
> > > Using the keys generated by putty-gen, then I get a message from
> > > logining in that the key is rejected and a prompt for a password,
> > > not the prompt for the key passphrase. AND then it lets me login.
> > > WHAT IS HAPPENING?
> > > TIA !! Larry :-)
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