I hate magic!  I've done nothing this morning (well, I did try the -vvv
options for ssh and the loglevel options for sshd), but suddenly I can log
in properly from the hosts that didn't work ten minutes ago.  Seems like
some cache that expired, but it's still a mystery.

Thanks to those who offered suggestions!


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]>wrote:

> I would suggest adding "-vvv" to your ssh command.  The debugging
> information will generally show you where the error lies.  If that
> doesn't get it, you can also change the LogLevel in
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config from INFO (default) to DEBUG, restart sshd, and
> look at your system logs.
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I regenerated the server SSH keys, which are separate from the root user
> SSH
> > keys:
> >
> > ssh_host_dsa_key
> > ssh_host_key
> > ssh_host_rsa_key
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Chris McQuistion <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Curt, did you run "ssh-keygen -t rsa" to generate the RSA key on this
> new
> >> server?  Did you include a passphrase when it ran?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Dave.  I can reboot one of the clients in the morning, perhaps
> >>> that will clear up the issue.
> >>>
> >>> Curt
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Dave Manginelli
> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm at a client's site so I can't test this or be more specific but
> this
> >>>> sounds to me like the host key of the "old" machine is cached in the
> client
> >>>> and it does not match the host key of the machine now residing at
> that IP.
> >>>> You can test this by using the HostKeyAlias parameter when you
> connect from
> >>>> the client and setting it to any arbitrary name NOT in actual use on
> your
> >>>> network.  It should ask you if you accept the new host key and then
> connect
> >>>> automatically after that as long as the same HostKeyAlias is
> supplied.  You
> >>>> can fix it by clearing the key for that IP address on the client but
> I don't
> >>>> remember where it's located and am not able to pursue it right now.
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe this will point you in the right direction...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've just built a couple of CentOS 6.4 machines, and need to use a
> >>>>> no-password RSA key login to root.  No flames please about logging
> in as
> >>>>> root.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Had it working on both machines, but when I changed the "main" IP
> >>>>> address so the new machine could take over for an ailing one, the
> login
> >>>>> capability was lost.  I can do a password login, but not with the
> RSA key.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thought it might be the server SSH keys, as though they're somehow
> tied
> >>>>> to IP addresses, so I regenerated them.  No joy.  I've tried logging
> in from
> >>>>> a couple of different boxes (Linux and Mac), still no joy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The other server got built, got its "main" IP address changed, and is
> >>>>> working just fine.  I did a diff between sshd_config on both
> machines; the
> >>>>> files are identical.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm scratching my head and it's starting to hurt.  Any ideas?  (I
> know,
> >>>>> stop scratching.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Curt
> >>>>>
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