SSH configuration change with 10.1.3

Feb 26, '02 01:27:35AM

Contributed by: betabug

The upgrade to 10.1.3 also included OpenSSH 3.0.2p1.

I found out that there is a change in how authentication with other servers is handled in this version. When I connect to one of my OpenBSD boxen, I get asked for my S/key password before I have a chance to enter my normal password. That's of course very unfortunate if you have not set up your s/key passwords, or do not carry them with you.

The fix was for me to add one line to the /etc/ssh_config file:

PreferredAuthentications publickey,password,
keyboard-interactive
[Shown on two lines; enter as one]

If you do not intend to use S/key password authentication, you could leave away the keyboard-interactive part.

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