ssh access - dropbear ignoring authorized_keys?

[sierraindigo]

Hi all,

New user; installed 1.15 custom firmware, then the web interface as per http://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Install_Full_Web_Interface
Added (amongst other things) dropbear-ssh via the web package gui.

My problem: I've created/mod/.ssh/authorized_keys with my public key, but I'm still always getting prompted for a password when I connect.

Have tested from putty in win7 and openssh from ubuntu 10.04.

Any suggestions? Previously when I've banged my head against a similar wall, the problem has either been permissions on the key file, or me using a British spelling of authorised...

For completeness in case there's something obvious I've missed or I've put stuff in the wrong place:

I installed the key via ssh-copy-id and it cmp's equally to my public key from other hosts I can access sucessfully.

$ ssh root@hummy-lounge
root@hummy-lounge's password:
humax# ls -l /mod/.ssh/
-rw-------    1 root    root          731 Jan 21 20:31 authorized_keys

 

[af123]

Hi,

This works ok for me, but everything you've done looks right. I'll have a look at my setup later when I'm at home and see if I can suggest some things to try. Are you using a DSS or RSA key?

 

[af123]

Here's mine, I actually use both RSA and DSS from different hosts.
Can you check the permissions on the actual /mod and /mod/.ssh directories too?

air(3) ssh root@humax
humax# ls -l /mod/.ssh
-rw-------    1 root    root          1960 Jan  3 12:08 authorized_keys
humax# ls -ld /mod/.ssh
drwx------    2 root    root          4096 Jan  3 12:08 /mod/.ssh
humax# ls -lLd /mod
drwx------  19 root    root          4096 Jan 22 11:04 /mod

I have a suspicion that your /mod may be 777.

 

[sierraindigo]

Here's mine, I actually use both RSA and DSS from different hosts.
Can you check the permissions on the actual /mod and /mod/.ssh directories too?

I have a suspicion that your /mod may be 777.

Your suspicion was well founded, thanks!
A quick

chmod 700 /mod

and all is now working as expected.

Shame I didn't re-check this thread earlier - your first reply had me trying some new key pairs to test whether my usual 4096 bit rsa key was the problem

Thanks again for the fix, and for all the other sterling work making the box more usable.