[Info-vax] SSH / SFTP troubles

[GerMarsh]

Using OpenText Secure Shell with the usual password authentication to VMS V8.3 has no problems. However, attempting SSH connection from one VMS system to another using publickey only results in "no more authentication methods" on the client and "WARNING: got bad packet when verifying user me's publickey" on the remote side.

Tried checking everything according to the HP "Guide to SSH" manual - which I found a bit confusing - including the file protection. I did get confused as to whether I need the SSH_ADD to add the key though.

I tried debugging on both sides - discovered the logical name on the server side by looking in the TCPIP$SSH_RUN.COM - but again no further info.

No clues either in VMS audit journal.

Any tips on how to determine exactly what has gone wrong would be greatly appreciated. I was expecting to see some debug lines stating the public key file it was attempting to access etc.

This is running TCP/IP Services Version V5.6 - ECO 5 and I know there are some fixes in more recent patches but I would have thought I could get the thing to work using public key!