ssh server not accepting public/private keys (Cygwin)

Asked Jan 11 '14 at 17:41

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I am trying to connect my computer to a ssh server (running on Windows 7) using public/private keys.

I have generated the keys and used the necessary permissions for files:

chmod 700 .ssh
chmod 600 authorized_keys

and have also added the public key of my computer to the ssh server's authorized_keys file

Now when I try to connect to the ssh server it disconnects and in the log the error I get is:

fatal: seteuid 1000: Operation not permitted

Edit: Yes I can remotely login with password to ssh server. Another error which I saw was:

we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
Connection closed by ssh-server

edited Jan 12 '14 at 22:46

guntbert

asked Jan 11 '14 at 17:41

synthesis

Whats the remote OS? Are you able to login remotely with a password? – guntbert Jan 12 '14 at 19:28
Please add this information to your question - in a comment it might get lost. – guntbert Jan 12 '14 at 21:32
I was asking for the *remote* OS, not the local one. – guntbert Jan 12 '14 at 21:33
the ssh server (remote) is running on Windows 7 – synthesis Jan 12 '14 at 21:35
Hmm - I don't suppose there is anything like a UID in Windows - they use UUIDs. – guntbert Jan 12 '14 at 21:41
The funny thing is the ssh-server (windows 7: running Cygwin) can connect via public keys to my computer (also running a ssh-server: windows 7 Cygwin), but not the other way round. – synthesis Jan 12 '14 at 21:51
Thats no wonder - your local ssh-server runs on linux :-) -- Does your remote ssh-server run under cygwin? (no experience with ssh-servers under windows here) – guntbert Jan 12 '14 at 21:54

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