[colug-432] Creating SSH for New User

[Chris Embree]

Kinda figured you did.  Beyond permissions, ownership and PuTTY keys.
Is sshd.conf set to allow keys?

Oh look, the last straw was grasped.

On 5/10/15, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:
> 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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