DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

Okay, after several hours of searching and poking around on my drive, I think it's time I ask for help:

I had sshd working on my 323 (ffp tools installed) and I did not need to type in a password. This week, I installed a new drive, copied the contests of the orig drive to the new and got things running again... except I cannot log in without entering a password, as I used to. Further, I realize that the box is not accepting public-key signin and is, instead, using keyboard-interactive password.

I am used to setting up ssh on machines and configuring ~/.ssh, but, as I faintly remember, ffp/OpenSSH uses the ffp/etc/ssh directory instead of ~/.ssh. In any case, I have a /home/root/.ssh dir and have checked and set permissions. I've played with the sshd_config file a bit, but that never seemed to make any difference (after restarting the sshd svr after each change).

I remember the behavior to be unfamiliar (since I've never had to manage /etc/ssh before) when I got it working years ago, but I managed to get it working. Now, I've run out of ideas on what to check. Any pointers to specific documentation on how to get the box to recognize RSA keys, as it used to, might be helpful.

Maybe a simpler question: What is the relationship between the /etc/ssh directory and ~/.ssh with regard to the RSA or DSA keys and authentication? (I've only ever had to worry about the relationship between the destination's ~/.ssh and the client's ~/.ssh contents, on every other machine).

Thanks,
Bill...

Last edited by wrlee (2011-07-09 06:49:13)