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[Ritchie Fraser <ritchie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 10 May 2009 14:35:48 Lars Müller wrote:
> Try to turn a light on. ;)
>
> Have you placed the file at the desination host?
>
> Does it work on you local system?  Please try to copy .ssh/id_rsa.pub
> the user in question to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
OK. Copied [laptop] /home/ritchie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub into [desktop] 
/root/.ssh/authorized_keys

> Ensure /root/.ssh and /root/.ssh/authorized_keys are ownd by the root
> user.  But you would see this immediately at the syslog.

.ssh directory and authorized_keys are owned by root.

ritchie@laptop:~/.ssh> ssh root@desktop
Last login: Sun May 10 16:32:08 2009 from laptop
Have a lot of fun...
desktop:~ #

That worked !

Now to find out why it works for root and not for ritchie.

> Lars

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Kind Regards,

Ritchie
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