Scott Berry wrote: > I am trying to connect to an ssh server on my linux machine via > putty on a Windows machine. I followed the instructions and made an > authorized_keys2 file What instructions? The authorized_keys2 file is a relic and need not be used any more. Put all of the keys you want to use in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. and ensured that the permissions were correct with ls -0lr. Here are > my permissions: > [root@pilotalk .ssh]# ls -lr > total 8 > -rw------- 1 root root 223 2007-07-20 09:51 authorized_keys2 > > Now when I connect using my Windows machine to get in to root for my > linux server I get the following error coming I assume from the > linux server: PuTTY Fatal Error Server unexpectedly closed network > connection > > What would be the most probable causes for this? Everything looks > perfect. It may help to enable some debugging in putty (I don't know what options there are to do that, but I'm fairly sure there are some). You can also look in /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure on the server. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When crypto is outlawed, AtZoMJJzWM2GwNIxsO6ey1gYcHl4IqItK/kb5ABKzt0=
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