https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691299
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691299#c13
--- Comment #13 from Petr Cerny
I had already tried logins by copying client public keys into the private keys you identify but the results were the same as you note above. SSH still asked for the interactive password.
That's not really what I suggested, and you are right: it doesn't work. The client needs to present the *private* part (of a key stored in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server) to the server (and it really doesn't matter in which particular file the data is). Anything else than the private part of the key will just result in falling back to another authentication method. As a bonus, overwriting private part of the keys with public one will render the key effectively dead, unless you make a backup of the private part beforehand. Please check the man page of ssh, section AUTHENTICATION where the private/public key authentication is explained in detail. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.