Are you trying to authenticate via public keys or passwords? This seems like a problem with pub keys but I don't see a -i (identity file) for ssh. Are you using an agent?
On 7/31/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi lists, > > i'm trying to remotely login to a Gentoo box via ssh. However (and > > the behaviour is the same from different machines) whenever i try to > login the procedure hangs before recognizing the remote protocol > version: > > > > ssh -vvv [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006 > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 > > ... > > [snip] > > ... > > ebug3: key_read: missing whitespace > > debug3: key_read: missing whitespace > > debug3: key_read: missing whitespace > > debug3: key_read: missing whitespace > > debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END' > > debug3: key_read: missing keytype > > debug1: identity file /home/pippo/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 > > debug1: identity file /home/pippo/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 > > > > [hangs here] > > > > i can only do a Crtl+C and abort the ssh login session. > > > > What can be the cause of this behaviour? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Marco > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > Sounds like your local key can't be read. > Check the permissions and regen the key if the file permissions are right. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
