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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We want to use Hostbased Authentication in OpenSSH 3.4p1 completely based on rhosts or shosts. Don't want to have any keys exchange between server and client.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Created /etc/ssh/sshd_config on OpenSSH server with:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RhostsAuthentication yes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">IgnoreRhosts no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HostbasedAuthentication yes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Created /etc/ssh/ssh_config on client with:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Host *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> HostbasedAuthentication yes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Created /etc/rhosts.equiv, /etc/shosts.equiv, /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv on server with:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><client hostname></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hostbased authentication is failing giving the following message on client side:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive,hostbased</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">debug1: next auth method to try is hostbased</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">get_socket_ipaddr: getnameinfo 8 failed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">userauth_hostbased: cannot get local ipaddr/name</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">debug1: next auth method to try is password</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">root@server01's password: </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What special settings are to be done to make it work? Please help.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">thanks and regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sreedhar.</FONT>
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