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    My pfsense failed an audit by securitymetrics.com

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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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          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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                                  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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                                          kapara
                                          last edited by

                                          I will reboot

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kapara
                                            last edited by

                                            Working. :-) Thanks

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