[lug] problems with ssh key authorization after upgrade to RH7.1

[D. Stimits]

charles at lunarmedia.net wrote:
> 
> i recently upgraded a RH6.2 machine to RH7.1. previously i had a trust set
> up between a user on the 6.2 machine and i remote box using ssh
> private/public keys with empty passphrases. after the upgrade however,it
> seems as though the machine is not passing its key information to the
> remote machine as i am being prompted for a password when logging in
> whereas before i was not.
> 
> i have done a diff on the old and new /etc/ssh/sshd_config files and dont
> immediately see anything that stands out as being the problem. i
> regenerated my public/private key and scp'd them to the remote machine and
> overwrote the old entry in the remote user's authorized_keys file, but
> still not luck.
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> thanks! -charles
> 
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In any known_hosts file, delete the line that contains the relevant
changed machine. Let it regenerate it. A second possibility is that I
have seen login text from a shell that echos something like a welcome
message interfere with scp and sftp (but not with ssh).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com