-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Man-Chi, > sorry that I am a newbie to fedora FC5, I used to be in Solaris > environment. No need to be sorry. :) > i could not configure correctly for public key ssh login as I used > to do in Solaris. > > my step: > > 1) cat my public key and put in my $fedora_user/.ssh/authorized_keys What are the permissions on ~/.ssh and on ~/.ssh/authorized_keys? OpenSSH is particular about them and won't use the key if the permissions on the file or directory are too lax. I set ~/.ssh to 700 and authorized_keys to 600 and ssh is happy. > 2) configure fedora's /etc/ssh/sshd_config, uncomment the following > 2 lines > > PubkeyAuthentication yes > AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys It doesn't hurt, but you don't need to do this because the values specified in sshd_config are the defaults. > However, ssh login still prompts me for password..... What is the prompt? It may be a prompt for the password of your key, unless the key has no password (which is bad) or you are using the ssh-agent and have already added your key to the agent. - -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== If a government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years they'd have a shortage of sand. -- Dr. Milton Friedman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. iG0EARECAC0FAkSt5YcmGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1p9IQCgxcTJic1bPJv5p3Yf5WJc+ssKhc8AoLHG8HOy utheLHkzDr2ntPpB0SyA =2d51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----