[SLL] Anybody know why my Ubuntu sshd server isn't taking my DSA public key?

[Brian Hatch]

When some clock read 2008-05-20 13:30 -0700, Xeno Campanoli mentioned:

> but my Ubuntu server, which is Hardy, and has:
> 
> OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1.1, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
> 
> isn't taking the thing.  In both cases I insert the key to the 
> .ssh/authorized_keys file using vim, and for the Ubuntu/Hardy I get 
> prompted for a password.  Go figure that.  ???

1) check the syslog info.
2) make sure your key is all one line, and didn't get line breaks when
   you copy/pasted it into .ssh/authorized_keys
3) make sure ~ ~/.ssh and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys aren't writeable by anyone
   but you

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