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ubuntu 11.10 /var/log/auth.log

I use Ubuntu 11.10. And I want it to write logging messages about failed ssh log in attempts to /var/log/auth.log. In my understanding /var/log/auth.log is supposed to hold all failed ssh connection ...
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“Permission denied (publickey).” error when trying to ssh into server

I am trying to connect to a server via SSH. I am getting the following log from using the command: ssh -vvvT ubuntu@ec2-176-34-121-133.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com. Please could someone help me ...
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Can't connect to a remote server with Nautilus and a private key

The remote server requires a private key and passphrase for authentication. I'm trying to connect to the server as root (on that server) from Nautilus running on behalf of my non-root account on my ...
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How do I create one user without key authentication?

I've completed the following steps: I have configured Ubuntu server with Key authentication and it is working fine. I have disabled password authentication for key authentication to work. The server ...
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How can I use a passcode generator for authentication for remote logins?

I would like to strengthen the authentication of my SSH logins by adding another factor: a passcode generator device, or a passcode generation application on my mobile phone. The only obvious options ...
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How can I allow SSH password authentication from only certain IP addresses?

I'd like to allow SSH password authentication from only a certain subnet. I see the option to disallow it globally in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: # Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords ...
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how do I use ssh with key access in 11.10

I've used ssh before and password access from my new asus k53by laptop with a fresh 11.10 install to dev server works fine. I wanted to set up key access for added security and ease of scripting and ...
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ssh no longer allows public key authentication

My machine recently stopped accepting incoming public key authentication. I have an ubuntu 11.04 desktop that I ssh into from a windows machine. I use putty with pageant. I am able to connect but ...
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How do I approve specific computers to ssh into a machine with password authentication disabled?

The instructions in help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Configuring recommend disabling password authentication so that "it will only be possible to connect from computers you have specifically ...
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How can I set up password-less SSH login?

I want to be able to login to a remote via ssh without having to enter the password all the time. How do I set it up? Is a different command required to execute a password-less session?
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SSH Key problem

I want to setup my home server to use ssh keys but when I follow the tutorial on https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html for setting up ssh keys I get this: Bad port 'umask ...
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How can multiple private keys be used with ssh?

I was able to setup ssh to use private/public key authentication. Now I am able to do ssh user@server1 And it logs on with the private key. Now I want to connect to another server and use a ...