RSA Authentication between SPLAT

[aenima]

Hi all,

I m trying to establish RSA authentication between a SmartCenter and a firewall module in order to scp a file from the firewall to the SmartCenter (on SmartCenter : scp adm@firewall:/var/CPbackup/backups/filename.tgz .).

Here is what i have done on the firewall :
1/ Adduser bob (password is different from admin & expert)
2/ vi /etc/passwd
bob:x:0:0::/home/bob:/bin/bash
3/ vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
4/ service sshd restart
5/ echo bob >>/etc/scpusers

Here is what i have done on the SmartCenter :
1/ ssh-keygen -t rsa
2/ scp /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub bob@firewall:
3/ ssh bob@firewall (password required ;-))
& cat id_rsa.pub >>/home/bob/.ssh/authorized_keys

when trying ssh bob@firewall, password is still required ..... what's wrong ???

Thanks in advance.

[aenima]

Hi aenima !

/root/.ssh/authorized_keys should have mode 600 (rw-------).

[aenima]

Thanks aenima, working fine now !!!!!!!!!

Sorry guyz, it took me 2 hours to figure it out .... have to take a break :-)

[melipla]

Originally Posted by aenima

Thanks aenima, working fine now !!!!!!!!!

Sorry guyz, it took me 2 hours to figure it out .... have to take a break

I like how you answered your own post without even letting on it was you. Very clever. :)

2 hours is actually pretty good time. My record time for a SR w/CP Support is just over a year (I'm working on a second one now, which I expect will go longer).