SSH key question

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 10:09 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I have three machines set up on my home network
> [...]
> I can't get the same access from one of the laptops back to the base.

This sequence:
> laptop: ssh-genkey
> laptop: ssh-copy-id <base>
> laptop: complete remote login
> laptop: ssh <base> - requires I enter the password

>From which system are you remotely logging in to the laptop?

Anyway, try adding "--o IdentitiesOnly=yes" to the last command line in
that sequence. This cuts out the agent (if any).

Also, check that the public part of the laptop's key is actually
present in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the base system.

And finally - give us complete command lines. It will expose no
secrets, since you are using RFC1918 IP addresses and standard key
names, and providing no key content. However it will allow us to see
for certain which machines are involved in doing what.

Regards, K.

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