Bug 66

Summary:	$HOME/authorized_keys not read by sshd
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	Brian Koontz <brian>
Component:	sshd	Assignee:	OpenSSH Bugzilla mailing list <openssh-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	-current
Hardware:	ix86
OS:	Linux

Description Brian Koontz 2002-01-11 12:36:17 AEDT

sshd does not appear to read authorized_keys2 during connection attempt from ssh
client.  This was verified on both a Solaris system running
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_2.9p2 and a Linux system running current version of sshd. 
Resolution of the problem was accomplished by creating a link from
authorized_keys2 to authorized_keys.  Current manpage does not mention
authorized_keys2, and the ChangeLog seems to indicate authorized_keys2 has been
deprecated, yet it appears to still be required for Protocol 2 connections.

Comment 1 Damien Miller 2002-01-14 19:12:13 AEDT

authorized_keys2 is required if you are running an old sshd (<2.9.9 IIRC). Newer
sshd's do not require authorized_keys2, but still check it for backwards
compatability - it is certainly not a requirement.

Comment 2 Damien Miller 2004-04-14 12:24:17 AEST

Mass change of RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED