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Re: pubkey works for user: why not root ?



--- On Sat, 4/18/09, sean darcy <seandarcy2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I can ssh for my laptop to the server
> as a user, but using root from
> same laptop to same server fails. root can login with
> password.
> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'
> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'
> debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'
> debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'

I'd guess you have private and public keys mixed up.  Verify you put the PUBLIC key on your target server.  The BEGIN/END tags appear in the private key.



      

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