Re: Unable to establish password-less login from Linux onto Windows.
"Parag Kalra" <[email protected]> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:03:41 +0530
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------=_Part_11273_10539889.1218904421601 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Armand, Thanks for your prompt reply. I installed Cygwin....everything worked like a charm..... Thanks once again,... Cheers, Parag Kalra On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Welsh, Armand <[email protected]>wrote: > what version of openSSH are you using for windows? > > There are: > openSSH > CygWin > copSSH > openSSH for Windows > > the last one is out dated, and does not work well with newer windows > operating systems w/o a lot of manual tweaking. > > the first one would require you build the the software from source code, > and typically does not build natively on windows w/o a lot of code changes, > or using cygwin or equivalent > > cygwin is the gnu tools for windows (I like to refer to it is linux on > windows, since it allows you to use your windows machine like a linux box) > > copSSH and openSSH for Windows are two repacked versions of the cygwin > product, reduced to just openSSH functionality, and bash shell (and a very > small subset of /usr/bin files) > > copSSH work out of the box. > openSSH for Windows requires a lot of manual adjustments to the registry, > and filesystem to make it work > cygwin works about 98% out of the box for openSSH... only some systems > aren't 100% functional after a fresh install... > > The most typical issue is pubkey authentication on windows, because of the > way the windows security model works. the openSSH service needs to have > sufficient rights to become another user account w/o knowing the account > password. This is where the difficulties come in. > > Armand > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Parag > Kalra > *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2008 3:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Unable to establish password-less login from Linux onto > Windows. > > > > Hey Friends, > > This is my first post. > > I installed openssh software and was able to ssh Windows machine from Linux > machine & vice-versa without any issues. Of course I had to read the > "README.txt" file as well as "key_authentication.txt" before everything got > placed. > > When I ssh from Linux on to Windows, my default home directory is: > "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\" > > Then I generated public key & private key (dsa) using openssh software. > Copied the contents of public key to authorized_keys > (/root/.ssh/authorized_keys) file of a remote Linux machine and was able to > do password-less login from Windows machine to Linux machine. > > > Then I copied both (same) the public & private keys to /root/.ssh/ folder > of Linux machine and copied the contents of the same public key to > authorized_keys file:( "C::\Documents and > Settings\Administrator\.ssh\authorized_keys" ) on the Windows machine. But > still password-less login is not working from Linux onto Windows. > > Please help! > > > > -- > Cheers, > PARAG . A . KALRA > > > > > > -- Cheers, PARAG . A . KALRA http://discoverlinux.blogspot.com http://discovershell-scripting.blogspot.com/ W for Windows, Work, Wait & Weep:--> A Windows user spends 1/3rd part of his office timing in doing Work, 1/3rd part Waiting for the results & remaining 1/3rd part Weeping. ------=_Part_11273_10539889.1218904421601 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr">Hi Armand,<br><br>Thanks for your prompt reply.<br><br>I installed Cygwin....everything worked like a charm.....<br><br>Thanks once again,...<br><br>Cheers,<br>Parag Kalra<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Welsh, Armand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">what version of openSSH are you using for windows? </font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">There are:</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">openSSH</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">CygWin</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">copSSH</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">openSSH for Windows</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">the last one is out dated, and does not work well with newer windows operating systems w/o a lot of manual tweaking.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">the first one would require you build the the software from source code, and typically does not build natively on windows w/o a lot of code changes, or using cygwin or equivalent</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">cygwin is the gnu tools for windows (I like to refer to it is linux on windows, since it allows you to use your windows machine like a linux box)</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">copSSH and openSSH for Windows are two repacked versions of the cygwin product, reduced to just openSSH functionality, and bash shell (and a very small subset of /usr/bin files)</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">copSSH work out of the box.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">openSSH for Windows requires a lot of manual adjustments to the registry, and filesystem to make it work</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">cygwin works about 98% out of the box for openSSH... only some systems aren't 100% functional after a fresh install...</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The most typical issue is pubkey authentication on windows, because of the way the windows security model works. the openSSH service needs to have sufficient rights to become another user account w/o knowing the account password. This is where the difficulties come in.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Armand</font></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Parag Kalra<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 15, 2008 3:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Unable to establish password-less login from Linux onto Windows.<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div> <div></div> <div dir="ltr"><br> <div class="gmail_quote"><br> <div dir="ltr">Hey Friends,<br><br>This is my first post.<br><br>I installed openssh software and was able to ssh Windows machine from Linux machine & vice-versa without any issues. Of course I had to read the "README.txt" file as well as "key_authentication.txt" before everything got placed.<br><br>When I ssh from Linux on to Windows, my default home directory is: "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\"<br><br>Then I generated public key & private key (dsa) using openssh software. Copied the contents of public key to authorized_keys (/root/.ssh/authorized_keys) file of a remote Linux machine and was able to do password-less login from Windows machine to Linux machine. <br><br><br>Then I copied both (same) the public & private keys to /root/.ssh/ folder of Linux machine and copied the contents of the same public key to authorized_keys file:( "C::\Documents and Settings\Administrator\.ssh\authorized_keys" ) on the Windows machine. But still password-less login is not working from Linux onto Windows. <br><br>Please help!<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br>PARAG . A . KALRA<br><br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br><br></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br>PARAG . A . KALRA<br><br><a href="http://discoverlinux.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://discoverlinux.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://discovershell-scripting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://discovershell-scripting.blogspot.com/</a><br> <br>W for Windows, Work, Wait & Weep:--> A Windows user spends 1/3rd part of his office timing in doing Work, 1/3rd part Waiting for the results & remaining 1/3rd part Weeping.<br><br><br><br> </div> ------=_Part_11273_10539889.1218904421601-- -- List Info: http://erdelynet.com/ssh-l/ List Archives: http://erdelynet.com/archive/ssh-l/ To Unsubscribe: Mail mailto:[email protected] If you are having trouble unsubscribing, visit the List Info page for help.