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How can I share the SSH keyes between two users on a CentOs 7 machine?

I am not a sysadmin\network specialist (I am s software developer) and I am finding the following difficulty working on a Linux CentOS 7 remote machine of a customer. I am using MobaxTerm to connect ...
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centos 8 ssh remote server asking password despite PubkeyAuthentication yes

I am trying to connect remote host from client computer without password (with password works perfectly) On client computer I did following but when I try to connect ssh, still asking password. anyone ...
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How can I use different ssh keys for user1@host and user2@host, without resorting to aliased hostnames?

I have a remote CentOS server, lets pretend it's called hostname.com hostname.com has several user accounts, and I want to ssh into this server as any one of these users (using ssh keys rather than ...
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Can't SSH into Google Cloud Compute instance using OS Login after `dnf upgrade`

I have a Google Cloud Platform Compute instance running CentOS 7. It has been working just fine, where I can use it with the web-based SSH interface without any problem. Recently, I switched to "OS ...
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authselect vs ssh key in a tiny network

I am trying to setup a tiny LAN (2 - 3 Linux computers) with a wifi router and CentOS 8. Does authselect provide any security benefit over ssh keys? Thanks.
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Access Denied to server linux SSH [closed]

I can't access the server using ssh user@IP with the right password i get access denied even though the sshd config is set correctly i restarted it reloaded nothing worked. I generated an rsa key over ...
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How to setup ssh for a couple of servers?

I'm pretty confused about how ssh really works, and I have already asked a couple of questions related to this, but I suspect I'm going in the XY-problem trap. So, what I want is this. I want to be ...
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Unable to SSH into Centos server unless root user

I have a digital ocean droplet that currently allows me to login directly via the root user via SSH as the relevant keys have been added to the authorized_keys file. ssh root@master // this works ...
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Generating SSH keys for multiple users?

Say, I have a server (CentOS 7) where currently I'm the only user, and have SSH key based authentication set up, it works perfectly. But what if I want to add more users (not many, say, 5 more) to the ...
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requirement "uid >= 1000" not met by user "root" in CentOS

I have a server with CentOS. Am trying to configure and connect to the server using a Public SSH-Key, I configured all: user, user folder, .ssh, etc. Now, trying to connect I get this error in the ...
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Debug SSH not connecting

I am trying to connect to the remote server using ssh, but I have Permission denied (publickey).. I've gone through all possible reasons I can suggest and other questions suggest. I am sure that my ...
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Disconnected no supported authentication methods available

Yes, I'm aware questions like this already exist, and I've already checked quite a few out, but the methods were unable to help me. I am running CentOS 6 on my VPS. This error occurs when I try to log ...
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Generating ssh Keys for different user Accounts for an application inside a single box

What would be the Procedure to generate ssh-keys for multiple user accounts (like root/admin/oracle accounts) assuming all the user accounts reside inside the same box. How can the keys be ...
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CentOS - Pubkey Auth doesn't work for user in /var

I've been working through a problem for the past week or so and I am running out of ideas. I added a new user on my Centos 7 VPS for a git server, and (under the advice of several articles) placed ...
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Cannot ssh with shared keys on CentOS 7 server refused our key

I cannot ssh to a CentOS 7 server using pre-shared keys, I get a "server refused our key" message. Below is an ssh attempt using -vv OpenSSH_7.2p2, OpenSSL 1.0.2h-fips 3 May 2016 debug1: Reading ...
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SSH with DSA 2048 bits key

I need to set up secure connection through ssh keys, prerequisites are : DSA type number of bits : 2048 Passphrase : yes On my Linux I can't create this kind of key, the man says : DSA keys must ...
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Add remote host to known_hosts file without prompt [duplicate]

I wrote some scripts and wish to add a remote host to my known_hosts file without any interaction. I can run a command like ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" [email protected] which will add the remote ...
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SSH authentication between my VPS and Bitbucket fail

I'm trying to setup SSH authentication between my VPS and Bitbucket for configure later automatic deployment via Capistrano (for web projects) and Capifony (for Symfony2 projects) so I follow this ...
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SSH "Server refused our key" for all users except root user [closed]

I followed this tutorial and key authentication worked great for root. but when I created user xxx and added different key in authorized_keys and tried to login using putty where error was shown " ...
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Disabled root login for SSH in Centos 5.9, key login no longer working

I have a Centos 5.9 server which I have previously configured to access via SSH key login and this has been working fine for many months. I recently had to have an issue resolved remotely which ...
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Linux TACACS+ auth for SSH but allow users to use public key auth

we have running tacacs environment for centralised login to our routers, firewalls etc and even most of our linux boxes to ssh what we would like to do is allow users to authenticate to SSH via ...
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Setup public key authorized SSH for non-root users

I was able to setup ssh login using public keys for root users and tried to apply the same logic for non-root users. I have tried to troubleshoot this issue in vain. I am using centos for both my ...
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How to ssh into ec2 instance running centos as a newly created user?

I am able to ssh into an ec2 instance as the root user using the private key .pem that was generated when I created the instance. $ ssh -i Desktop/key.pem [email protected] I ...
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Is it "safe" to allow external access via SSH if authorized keys are required? [closed]

CentOS 6 | OpenSSH I have an external facing server and would like the convenience of being able to access it via my phone. The system itself is an island and has no association/connection to my ...
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CentOS is ignoring my public key

I am trying to connect to my own CentOS server using SSH; I am able to connect fine with a password; I am trying to connect with my public key, but the server does not attempt public key ...
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How to disable ssh keys and log-in using password

I'm having a tricky situation. First I set-up a ssh access through keys and I forgot password for "keys", and then I couldn't connect. I tried to login using another computer, and I thought I would ...
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how do you create an ssh key for another user?

I'm trying to create an ssh key for another user. I'm logged in as root. Can I just edit the files generated by ssh-keygen and change root to the user I want?
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ssh-keygen problem

I have configured the ssh-key using keygen for password less authenticaton as from the following link http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/internet/node31.html nO matter what i do this ...
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