sftp Unspecified GSS failure Minor code may provide more information No credentials cache found

Hi

I have managed on numerous machine to set up sftp not too require a password - i finally have one that does not work and Im at a loss - looked around checked permissions etc

The 2 machines Ill call then source and target I need to sftp from source to target (previously the target has always been the same with different users)

on source entered

ssh-keygen -t dsa

(used empty passphrase)

copied .ssh/id_dsa.pub to target as the user i want to use to log in as

.ssh/authorized_keys2 and .ssh/authorized_keys

on source logged in manually to save as known host

now when i try from the source

sftp -v -oPort=222  user@target

I get

Connecting to targetI 
OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to target [IP addr] port 222.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/applpatch/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/applpatch/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: loaded 2 keys
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.9
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.9 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'target' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/applpatch/.ssh/known_hosts:4
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic
debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
No credentials cache found

debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
No credentials cache found

debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
No credentials cache found

debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/applpatch/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Offering public key: /home/applpatch/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Next authentication method: password

and then prompts me for a password ....

any help much appreciated

daryl

What are the systems in question?

Info on systems below

source

uname -a 
Linux yce-crp1-01 2.6.18-274.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 17:36:59 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/issue 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)
Kernel \r on an \m

target

uname -a
Linux revion-qlc4v3.revion.com 3.2.1 #1 SMP Wed Jan 18 16:56:35 EST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/issue 
Fedora release 12 (Constantine)
Kernel \r on an \m (\l)

thanks

daryl

tipotheday.com/2007/09/24/howto-ssh-without-a-password/

  • add http:// i cant post a link I dont have enough posts

has the solution I found the link on one of the many posts in this forum - this was the first time i saw stuff about chmod on the target impacting the access (600 for authorized_keys and voila it works)