niall broin nialllinuxie strange problem one user small network using ssh everyone network uses ssh run sshagent login works fine conveniently wandering around network external boxes today suddenly one user alfred tries ssh anywhere hes asked password says changed nothing dont actually believe used sshkeygen make new keys didnt help created new user alfio whose home directory copied alfreds ssh directory alfio wander around free bird without asked password ever except course passphrase load identiy agent case something else alfred environment copied alfreds home directory alfios remembering change ownership afterwards still alfio free bird use ssh2 dsa keys extract ssh v alfio debug1 got ssh2_msg_service_accept debug1 authentications continue publickeypassword debug1 next auth method try publickey debug1 userauth_pubkey_agent testing agent key homealfiosshid_dsa debug1 input_userauth_pk_ok pkalg sshdss blen 434 lastkey 0x80916f0 hint 1 debug1 sshuserauth2 successful method publickey starting ssh attempt sshadd l alfio said 1024 074c7c900d28413a95c2813dbac43d03 homealfiosshid_dsa dsa whereas alfred segment debug log went debug1 got ssh2_msg_service_accept debug1 authentications continue publickeypassword debug1 next auth method try publickey debug1 userauth_pubkey_agent testing agent key nfshomealfredsshid_dsa debug1 authentications continue publickeypassword starting ssh attempt sshadd l alfred said 1024 074c7c900d28413a95c2813dbac43d03 homealfredsshid_dsa dsa problem definitely related alfred user happens logs differing workstations nfs mounting home directories users including good old alfio dont problems niall irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie thu 1 aug 2002 155112 0100 ilug strange ssh problem