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    My pfsense failed an audit by securitymetrics.com

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    • J Offline
      jlepthien
      last edited by

      Nope. I have that, too….

      Please check when logged in that the key is really there....

      cat .ssh/authorized_keys

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      • K Offline
        kapara
        last edited by

        you mean check via winscp?

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        • J Offline
          jlepthien
          last edited by

          No. Login via putty and ssh. And then do that command in /root

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          • K Offline
            kapara
            last edited by

            Seems to be going from Bad to worse.

            I deleted the key and unchecked the box disabling password for SSH.  No when I connect I get:

            Disconnected:  No Supported authentication methods available.

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            • J Offline
              jlepthien
              last edited by

              Use your console to connect to the box…

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              • K Offline
                kapara
                last edited by

                ok.  Disables SSH and enabled and now I am back in.

                cat: .ssh/authorized_keys: No such file or directory

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                • K Offline
                  kapara
                  last edited by

                  Ok.  So I repasted info and connected with private ket and got the following:

                  login as: root
                  Server refused our key
                  Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
                  Password:

                  Though I was able to get through….

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                  • J Offline
                    jlepthien
                    last edited by

                    Also when you login as 'admin'?

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                    • K Offline
                      kapara
                      last edited by

                      I am able to get in no matter what…

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                      • J Offline
                        jlepthien
                        last edited by

                        Log in again and then do:

                        • cd /root
                        • cd .ssh
                        • ls -la (post output, there should be a authorized_keys files after you pasted your key via GUI)

                        Are you running on embedded?

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                        • K Offline
                          kapara
                          last edited by

                          Yes Embedded….

                          [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root(1): cd /root
                          [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root(2): cd .ssh
                          [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root/.ssh(3): ls -la
                          total 1
                          drwx–----  2 root  wheel  512 Mar  4 07:49 .
                          drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Mar  4 05:08 ..
                          [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root/.ssh(4):

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                          • J Offline
                            jlepthien
                            last edited by

                            So there is something wrong with your install. The authorized_keys file does not get created.

                            Try this:

                            • /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                            • then create the file manually with e.g. vi /root/.ssh/authorized_keys and paste in your key
                            • /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

                            Then check again…

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                            • K Offline
                              kapara
                              last edited by

                              vi/root/.ssh/authorized_keys: Command not found.

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                              • K Offline
                                kapara
                                last edited by

                                here is a screen shot via winscp….

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                                • J Offline
                                  jlepthien
                                  last edited by

                                  vi and a [space] after that…

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                                  • J Offline
                                    jlepthien
                                    last edited by

                                    @kapara:

                                    here is a screen shot via winscp….

                                    So? That is /etc/ssh and on your box…
                                    You generated the key on your windows system, didn't you?
                                    The keys need to be in /root/.ssh/

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                                    • K Offline
                                      kapara
                                      last edited by

                                      Still no go.  Where can I find that file I created?  I can log in even though the data shows as there in advanced.

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                                      • K Offline
                                        kapara
                                        last edited by

                                        Found it in Winscp

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                                        • J Offline
                                          jlepthien
                                          last edited by

                                          Yep. So it should be there via ssh, too. If it still does not work I have no idea left what could be wrong.

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kapara
                                            last edited by

                                            I will reboot

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