Re: one user cannot no passphrase connect

Hi,

- What kind of SSH server are you using?
- Perhaps the file permissions are too liberal on the users .ssh 
directory or files.
Make sure /home/[user] is only writable by the user and make the 
/home/[user]/.ssh directory read/write only for the owner.

Check /var/log/auth.log for clues.

Good luck!

Ger Apeldoorn


Bob Wooden wrote:
> I have a working SSH environment that works, allowing other users (of
> the same computer) to SSH into a server through a functional VPN tunnel
> (VPN handled by a firewall.)  
>
> I have exchanged public keys in the same manner in all cases.  Two users
> can successfully logged in with their exchanged public key and no manual
> password typing is required.  One user, despite the same exchange
> manner, continues to be asked for a password on SSH connection.  
>
> Knowing that SSH connects with the other two users that function
> correctly, I am dumbfounded as to why this one user will not connect
> without asking for manual intervention.  I can see that all information,
> for each user, is in the same location and indeed present.  But, this
> one user will not connect without typing in it's password.
>
> What am I overlooking?