Wheel user SSH keys

webtipster

• October 26, 2020 14:59

Hi guys, Trying to generate keys for wheel user but keep getting "Server refused our key" in PuTTY. Here's the steps I took:

• Login to SSH as wheel user
• Ran command ssh-keygen -t rsa
  
• Copied the public key from /home/wheeluser/.ssh/
• Authorized the public key through WHM.
• Converted the private key to PPK for PuTTY.
• Used the PPK inside putty AUTH.
• Login to server is prompted with "Server refused our key"

What steps did I miss? I probably need to get some sleep. Thanks in advance!

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  webtipster

  • October 26, 2020 21:58

  I've tried the following as well:

  • In PuTTY generate new key.
  • In WHM -> Manage root"s SSH Keys -> Insert Key -> paste the new keys generated from PuTTY.
  • Authorize the key
  • In PuTTY use the Private key under Connection->SSH->AUTH
  • Login as: wheeluser
  • "server refused our key"

  Same results. Any ideas?

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  webtipster

  • October 27, 2020 01:45

  DUHHHH... Getting some sleep helped. For all of those struggling with the same sleepless nights problem, make sure that you have authorized_keys in the .ssh directory for that wheel user. If not run the following while you are inside the home/$USER/.ssh/ directory: touch authorized_keys chmod 600 authorized_keys cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys
  

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  SamA

  • October 29, 2020 05:49

  Hello @webtipster ! We're happy to see that you were able to reach a resolution. In that case, I'll go ahead and close this thread.

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