SSH/Public Key Authentication

#################### CLIENT SIDE ####################
# generating a new ssh key and adding it to the ssh client
# https://gist.github.com/shahedhossain/7d91028ba1eb9c56049ea421a12e76fd

# ssh key generation for chorke
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
# Generating public/private rsa key pair.
# Enter a file in which to save the key (/Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter]
# Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase]
# Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again]

# rpi_chorke_rsa add to ~/.ssh/config
Host rpi.chorke.org
     HostName 139.59.51.80
     # PreferredAuthentications publickey
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/rpi_chorke_rsa
     Port 4321

# copy root/misc public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for each users
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/rpi_chorke_rsa.pub [email protected] -p 4321
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/rpi_chorke_rsa.pub [email protected] -p 4321

#################### SERVER SIDE ####################
# for disable password authentication
# & enable public key authentication
# edit by /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication no
PubkeyAuthentication yes

# after edit save & exit restart sshd
# to update sshd configuration
# systemctl restart sshd
service sshd restart

#################### CLIENT SIDE ####################
# root user public key
ssh [email protected]
# Enter passphrase for key '/Users/user/.ssh/rpi_chorke_rsa':

# misc user public key
ssh [email protected]
# Enter passphrase for key '/Users/user/.ssh/rpi_chorke_rsa':

#################### CLIENT SIDE ####################
# root user password disabled
ssh [email protected] -p 4321
# [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

# misc user password disabled
ssh [email protected] -p 4321
# [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

EdDSA

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]" -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Too Many Auth

too many authentication failures issue ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=password [email protected] ssh -o IdentityAgent=none [email protected] ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes [email protected]

References

• Fedora SSH Client Public Key Authentication
• SSH Keys » RSA, DSA, ECDSA vs EdDSA
• Raspberry Pi Public Key Authentication