SOLVED Wheel user SSH keys

[webtipster]

Hi guys,

Trying to generate keys for wheel user but keep getting "Server refused our key" in PuTTY.

Here's the steps I took:

1. Login to SSH as wheel user
2. Ran command

   ssh-keygen -t rsa

3. Copied the public key from /home/wheeluser/.ssh/
4. Authorized the public key through WHM.
5. Converted the private key to PPK for PuTTY.
6. Used the PPK inside putty AUTH.
7. 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!

 

[webtipster]

I've tried the following as well:

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

Same results. Any ideas?

 

[webtipster]

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

 

[SamA]

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.