[Info-vax] TCPWare SSH client/server question

[Jim]

On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 9:04:02 AM UTC-5, Chris Townley wrote:
> Not sure if I am being silly, but I now have 2 nodes running tcpware 
> (TCPware(R) V6.0-0 Copyright (c) Process Software, OpenVMS version V8.4-2L1) 
> I have only enabled ssh2 connections. 
> 
> If I connect from PC I connect fine, but if I connect from VMS, I get 
> the key exchange error 
> 
> warning: Could not read private key DKA100:[TOWNLEYC.SSH2]ID_RSA_MERLIN 
> 
> and I get prompted for password. 
> 
> Looking at the file protections: 
> 
> SSH2.DIR;1 [CCT,TOWNLEYC] (RWE,RWE,RE,E) 
> 
> ID_RSA_MERLIN.;2 [CCT,TOWNLEYC] (RW,RW,,) 
> ID_RSA_MERLIN.PUB;2 [CCT,TOWNLEYC] (RWED,RWED,RE,R) 
> 
> Seems OK to me, so I must be missing something. 
> 
> 
> Any suggestions? 
> 

Try removing all G and W access from both the directory and the key pair.