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diff --git a/doc/forum/ssh_key_setup_woes_in_Android.mdwn b/doc/forum/ssh_key_setup_woes_in_Android.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87e2dd25f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/ssh_key_setup_woes_in_Android.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +I'm trying to set up a ssh remote on Android using the latest 5.20140421. For some +reason the assistant fails to set up passwordless login on the remote server. It +adds the required line in `.ssh/authorized_keys` on the server side, but it still +keeps asking for the password for every connection. Nothing suspicious appears in +the assistant's log. Also, if I set up a ssh remote on a different directory on the +same server, a new key is generated and added to `authorized_keys`, but the passwordless +login still doesn't work. + +I didn't file a bug since this would make for a very lousy bug report. How could I +look more into what's causing this? Where should the generated keys reside on the +Android filesystem? + +I think it would be useful for the assistant to check that the generated ssh keys are +working properly, and inform the user and/or try to set them up again if there is a +problem, instead of silently falling back to asking for the login password on the console. |