[lug] ssh question

[D. Stimits]

J. Wayde Allen wrote:
...
> My feeling is that the system is asking for an authentication key that I
> evidently don't have.  I've tried running ssh-keygen to create a key, but
> that didn't change anything.  I've also tried forcing a regular password
> login using:
> 
>    ssh -o "ChallengeResponseAuthentication no" targetmachine
>    ssh -o "PasswordAuthentication yes" targetmachine
>    ssh -o "PreferredAuthentications password" targetmachine
>    ssh -o "PubkeyAuthentication no" targetmachine

I forgot to mention, the sshd settings on *your* machine don't matter, 
the "PasswordAuthentication yes" should be part of the remote machine 
you are ssh'ing to. The key generation password is a different password, 
unrelated to what the server wants, this is determined at key generation 
time.

D. Stimits, stimits @ idcomm.com