setting up ssh between AIX and Linux box

[chucktalors]

hello

i need assistance.

i am setting up a connection between AIX and a linux box with a user called backbone.
backbone will login to the linux box vi ssh.

that is : ssh -i /home/backbone/.ssh/transpdf backrec IP

now the above command should not ask for a password but for me it does.

i created the ssh key and did send the public key to the other server but still the command below is asking for a password.

what am i doing wrong

chucktalors

[scathefire]

Is your ssh server set up for Public Key authorization?

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

PubkeyAuthentication yes
AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys

You may also want to check the permissions of the private key on the server. If its world-readable or executable it will throw a fit. I usually chmod the directory to 700 and the file to 600.

[Mudgen]

Is your ssh server set up for Public Key authorization?

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

PubkeyAuthentication yes
AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys

You may also want to check the permissions of the private key on the server. If its world-readable or executable it will throw a fit. I usually chmod the directory to 700 and the file to 600.

Those are the correct perms. It will refuse to use the key if the folder or key file are so much as group readable, IIRC.
You can also use the -v switch for ssh to see what's happening with the connection and authentication if that's not it.

[alf55]

ssh -i /home/backbone/.ssh/transpdf backrec backbone@IP

Unless of course your current username is "backbone".