F13 new install: can't get ssh pubkey to work

Konstantin Svist fry.kun at gmail.com
Sat Jun 12 06:37:23 UTC 2010


On 06/11/2010 06:33 PM, sean darcy wrote:
> New install of F13.
>
> drwx------.  2 root root  4096 Jun 11 20:22 .ssh
>
> ls -l /root/.ssh
> total 12
> -rw-------. 1 root root 1006 Jun 11 20:23 authorized_keys
>
>
> The rsa key is in authorized_keys.
>
> But when I try to login into root:
>
> Jun 11 21:12:39 new-gateway sshd[1786]: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 0/0 
> (e=0/0)
> Jun 11 21:12:39 new-gateway sshd[1786]: debug1: trying public key file 
> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
> Jun 11 21:12:39 new-gateway sshd[1786]: debug1: Could not open keyfile 
> '/root/.ssh/authorized_keys': Permission denied
>
>
> /root/.ssh is 700, authorized_keys is 600. I've restarted sshd. I've 
> rebooted.
>
> So what's my problem.
>
> sean
>
>   

It's probably selinux denial. I've had the same problem many times with
new installs..
Check/fix the selinux flags for your authorized_keys



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