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Re: Local Scan on Fedora core 1

Subject: Re: Local Scan on Fedora core 1
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:48:30 -0400
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:27:55PM -0400, Tim Young wrote:

When I try using ssh keys, I get the following in my /var/log/secure file:
    Did not receive identification string from ....
...
*Both* of them report back to me with a:
    It was not possible to log into the remote host.  Nessus report the
following error:
    [public key authentication failed | password authentication failed]

Assuming that the private key you're trying to use is
'/home/test/nessus/ssh_key' and that you're using the account 'nessus'
and targetting 192.168.1.44, try running the following from the nessusd
host:

  ssh -v -i /home/test/nessus/ssh_key nessus@192.168.1.44 id

What do you see?

George
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