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SSHd Pubkeyauthentication causes disconnections #112

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE
2. Install shellinabox 2.10 from FreeBSD ports
3. Configure SSHd to use public key authentication
   - Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to contain:
     - PubkeyAuthentication yes
     - AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys
     - PasswordAuthentication no
   - Restart SSHd

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected: A prompt for an ssh key file to authenticate a user either before or 
after entering a username into shellinabox prompt

Seen: As soon as enter key is pressed after typing username a message saying 
"Session closed." is given and a connect button appears on screen.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

shellinabox version 2.10
FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE (although I doubt it will matter but I can't test on 
anything else)

Please provide any additional information below.

I use public key authentication into my SSH server to add additional security 
since I see regular brute force attempts to access my server so disabling this 
is not an option. I'm hoping shellinabox will be a viable solution for 
accessing my system from a system that doesn't allow me to install a SSH client.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by BenPr...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2011 at 3:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I should add that I confirmed that this is the issue by changing my 
/etc/ssh/sshd_config entry for "PasswordAuthentication no" to 
"PasswordAuthentication yes" and using shellinabox without issues, of course 
this allowed me to connect using PuTTY without my private key as well.

Original comment by BenPr...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2011 at 3:20