[PLUG] How do I get ssh to not challenge for a password

[Johnathan Mantey]

Have you configured ssh-agent correctly for Atlas?

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:59 PM Larry Brigman <larry.brigman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The only time I had something like that happen was when the user's file
> system wasn't properly labeled for SElinux.
> sshd from the command line doesn't source or use
> /lib/systemd/system/sshd.service nor /etc/sysconfig/sshd
> You can also use -vvv from the client side to see what it doesn't like.
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 9:35 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> wrote:
>
> > oh, hmm. it works when you start sshd manually. That makes my permissions
> > theory less likely.  I'd turn up verbosity and capture the results in the
> > failing and not failing scenarios and diff them for clues.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 9:32 PM Russell Senior <
> russell at personaltelco.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've never used ssh-copy-id (presumably adding a public key to an
> > > authorized_keys file). Have you checked the permissions on the .ssh
> > > directory and contents?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 9:10 PM Ken Stephens <
> kennethgstephens at gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Fedora 29 both systems.
> > >> Laptop does not challenge for password after ssh-copy-id from atlas.
> > >> atlas challenges after ssh-copy-id from laptop.
> > >> stopped sshd service on atlas and started on command line as root with
> > >> /usr/sbin/sshd &.  atlas does not challenge for password, accepts key.
> > >>
> > >> Where and what do I need to change to get atlas not to challenge for
> > >> password after "normal" startup by systemd?
> > >>
> > >> Ken
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