SSH Key setup - Raspberry Pi Forums

i've been happily using rpi via putty windows laptop months now, , decided should stop password nonsense , set ssh public-key system.

used number of guides - notably [this one](http://www.howtoforge.com/ssh_key_based_logins_putty_p2) [this one](http://wp.a-programmer.com/2010/06/14/s ... d-our-key/), , [this one](http://wp.a-programmer.com/2010/06/14/s ... d-our-key/), keep running against same error. when try log on using ssh key, "server refused our key", before being asked password before.

steps took:

• generated keys puttygen
• saved private key .ppk file
• copy-pasted public key

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  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

• set profile on putty - auto-login username "pi" under connection / data, , set private key file under connection / ssh / auth
• saved profile
• set permissions on

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  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  ,

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  ~/.ssh/

  try log on putty: following messages:

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using username "pi". server refused our key pi@192.168.0.18's password:

(obviously, haven't got far setting pageant yet)

i've looked in /var/log/auth.log, doesn't mention failed attempts or access denied - successful login:

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nov 16 21:29:45 raspberrypi sshd[21905]: accepted password pi 192.168.0.13 port 55099 ssh2

i've been advised in /var/log/secure, file doesn't exist on system.

more debugging (or general) advice offer appreciated.

you set permissions ensure ~/.ssh/authorized_keys chmod 600 , ~/.ssh chmod 700. common error. make sure pasted public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys 1 line, editor may have wrapped it.

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