[colug-432] Creating SSH for New User

[Steve VanSlyck]

Why do you say I am using root's key?

On May 10, 2015 10:34:39 PM EDT, Zach Villers <zachvatwork at gmail.com> wrote:
>On the remote box, I would su - new user, ssh-keygen -t dsa (or rsa),
>ssh
>copy-id me at myhomebox. I think you are using root's key instead of the
>new
>users' key?
>
>On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck at postpro.net>
>wrote:
>
>>  My new user (me) can't log on via SSH. Can someone look this over
>and
>> tell me what super basic thing I've done wrong?
>>
>> What I did:
>>
>> *As root*:
>>
>> Add user "name"
>>      /usr/sbin/adduser name
>> Create password
>>      passwd name
>>           [created the password]
>> Give root permissions
>>      sudo nano /etc/sudoers
>>           [added the line name ALL=(All) ALL
>> Re-enabled password authentication in sshd_config and restarted sshd
>>
>> *As the new user "name"*:
>>
>> made directory
>>      mkdir ./ssh
>> created file and added public key to file authorized keys
>>      sudo nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>>           [entered the public key (which I call a "lock")]
>> updated permissions "just in case"
>>      chmod 700 ~/.ssh
>>      chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>>
>> tried to login with the private key
>>      Result: server refused the key.
>>
>> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>>
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