maverickong@gmail.com wrote:
> How to troubleshoot AIX openssh public key authentication problem, it
> always prompt for password ?
>
> I have one aix user account working but not other user account. The
> scenarios :
>
> a) serverA_user1 -> sftp -> serverB_user 2 - openssh public key
> authenticatoin working
>
> b) serverA_user2 -> sftp -> serverB_user 3 - openssh public key
> authenticatoin failed, it prompts for passowrd.
>
> The openssh public key authentication step is correct, I am really
> lost...

Check the permissions for the users $HOME and the $HOME/.ssh
dir, as well as the permissions for the key file. IIRC it
should be:
0755 $HOME
0700 $HOME/.ssh
0600 $HOME/.ssh/*

Regards,

Frank