[Info-vax] TCPWare SSH client/server question

[Chris Townley]

On 07/01/2021 18:27, Jim wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, but exactly the same.

Chris