I tried to connect from one EC2 instance to another using ssh public keys and had a very difficult time.
Here is the scenario: I need to have box 2 scp file from box 1 in script. This script should be able to scp without a password, so I need to configure the public keys.
In field 2 I started ssh-keygen –t rsaand generated id_rsaand id_rsa.pub
I copied id_rsa.pubin field 1 I moved id_rsa.pubto .ssh and started cat id_rsa.pug >> authorized_keys
I changed the permissions for all .ssh directories to 700 on both boxes and the files themselves to 600. I changed the sshd_config settings in field 1 to:
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
And then reload ssh
/sbin/service sshd restart
When I try to execute scp or ssh in box1 from box1, I get an error:
Address 67.22.33.1 maps to ec2-67-22-33-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com, but this does not map back to the address - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!
tomcat@tomcat1.****.com password:
Any ideas?
scp to tomcat1, . :
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to tomcat1.****.com [67.22.33.15] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/tomcat/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/tomcat/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/tomcat/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: loaded 3 keys
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
The authenticity of host 'tomcat1.****.com (67.22.33.15)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 5a:3e:fe:be:b8:0e:05:63:bf:ab:c8:4f:e5:91:db:a0.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'tomcat1.****.com,67.22.33.15' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/tomcat/.ssh/identity
debug1: Offering public key: /home/tomcat/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Trying private key: /home/tomcat/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: password