[FC5] how to use public key login for ssh?

[Nigel Wade]

Man-Chi Leung wrote:
> hi ,
> 
> sorry that I am a newbie to fedora FC5, I used to be in Solaris 
> environment.
> i could not configure correctly for public key ssh login as I used to do 
> in Solaris.
> 
> my step:
> 
> 1) cat my public key and put in my $fedora_user/.ssh/authorized_keys
> 
> 2) configure fedora's /etc/ssh/sshd_config, uncomment the following 2 lines
> 
> PubkeyAuthentication yes
> AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys
> 
> 3) restart sshd with /sbin/service sshd restart  or restart fedora ...
> 
> However, ssh login still prompts me for password.....
> 
> did i miss anything ? pls help!!
> 
> ~manchi
> 
> 

Try using the -v flag on the ssh command. This outputs some verbose info and may 
indicate where the problem is.

I presume the private key on the client matches the public key you have 
installed on the server?

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