[colug-432] Creating SSH for New User

[Steve VanSlyck]

Yes that is a good point, & I am aware of the differences between the putty public key and the way it needs to be on the server.

On May 10, 2015 10:43:38 PM EDT, Chris Embree <cembree at ez-as.net> wrote:
>It's been a while, but I think PuTTY uses different keys than
>ssh-keygen style.  You probably have to run them thru PuTTY's keytool
>thing.
>
>
>On 5/10/15, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:
>> I create the keys in putty.
>>
>> 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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