public key problems

Hi,

Here's what Im doing:
- I create a key public key file (shell script)
- I copy it to the server by rsync (shell script)
- On the server a file parses the key file and appends the content to
~/.ssh/authorized_keys (perl script)
- I now can access the server by ssh with no password prompt
- I'm also able to copy a file by scp with no password prompt (scp test3
root@192.168.101.3:/usr/share/NovaxTSP/test3)
- Now a file gets copied by scp with this syntax:
scp $tempfile root@$ip:$upload_dir/$newfile (shell script)
- Now I'm not able to ssh anymore, it's asking me for a password
HUH???
I copied the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys_backup when it
worked and did a diff ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ~/.ssh/authorized_keys_backup
to see if it has changed but it doesn't return me anything. I can remove
~/.ssh/authorized_keys and start over again and it's happening the same way
over and over again. /var/log/messages doesn't tell me anything either.
Isn't this weird???? What could this be? This is exactly something i
wouldn't have needed before my Easter break
Please help me being happy!
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chEErs roN

On Mar 20, 8:24 am, Ron Eggler <t...@example.com> wrote:

> - Now I'm not able to ssh anymore, it's asking me for a password
> HUH???

You need to troubleshoot. Do an 'ssh -vv' once when it's working and
once when it asks you for a password. Then compare them and see what
worked before that didn't work after.

DS

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:29:58 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:

> Then compare them and see what
> worked before that didn't work after.

FWIW, I'd guess "permission problem". SSH requires minimal permissions
on certain <pardon the pun> key files. If you're replacing such a file
and the content is valid, this is what I'd check first.

- Andrew