HostbasedAuthentication problem

[Markus Friedl]

sshd(8), ssh(1), check /etc/ssh_known_hosts*

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:46:54AM +0100, Dost, Alexander wrote:
> Ok. Seems to be a problem within the package we use for ssh. suid was not
> set. Thanks.
> Next step:
> now I get:
> debug2: xxx: chost <host>
> debug2: we sent a hostbased packet, wait for reply
> debug1: Remote: Accepted for <host> by /etc/hosts.equiv.
> debug1: authentications that can continue:
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive,hostbased
> debug2: userauth_hostbased: chost <host>
> debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
> ...
> now it tries the other authentications..
> Whats the problem this time ?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Markus Friedl [SMTP:markus at openbsd.org]
> > Sent:	Monday, October 29, 2001 11:20
> > To:	Dost, Alexander
> > Cc:	openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> > Subject:	Re: HostbasedAuthentication problem
> > 
> > your ssh client cannot read the hostkey (setuid?).
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:12:11AM +0100, Dost, Alexander wrote:
> > > I'm trying to use HostbasedAuthentication. Running ssh -v -v -v
> > user at host
> > > the following error occurs:
> > > 
> > > debug3: authmethod_is_enabled hostbased
> > > debug1: next auth method to try is hostbased
> > > debug2: userauth_hostbased: chost <host>
> > > debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
> > > 
> > > What does this mean ? I enabled HostbasedAuthentication in
> > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config and as it looks, this setting is used correctly. So
> > > what's wrong ?
> > > 
> > > - Alex
> > > 
> 
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