LAB 5.2

Hey guys,
I tried the lab Exercise 5.2: Make OpenSSH client config changes exactly how it was mentioned but somehow it doesnt connect to **garply ** via ssh and gives this error:
[email protected]:~$ ssh garply
ssh: Could not resolve hostname garply: Temporary failure in name resolution
what is it that I'm doing wrong? Could someone guide me to right way please.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi beekay.verma,
In exercise 5.2.1 you created a configuration file called $HOME/.ssh/config where $HOME is your home directory. The configuration has the line "host garply" which should be the config parameters to be used for for the connection. The ssh command shoud read the configuration file and discover the garply entry then use the hostname and user specified in the config file.Please post your $HOME/.ssh/config file.
Lee
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Please confirm the file location/name and the permissions.
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There is the issue. Must be owned by the user not root.
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@lee42x Thanks for your help!!
here is the file:host garply
hostname localhost
user roothost *
ForwardX11 yes
~
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Thanks for reply. here it is:
[email protected]:~$ ls -la $HOME/.ssh/config
-rw------- 1 root root 64 Jan 15 00:47 /home/cloud-engineer-student/.ssh/config0 -
@lee42x ahh... such a newbie mistake. thanks for pointing out.
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@lee42x however I now ran into another issue...
[email protected]:~$ ssh garply
[email protected]'s password:
Permission denied, please try again.
[email protected]'s password:
Permission denied, please try again.
[email protected]'s password:
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey,password).Should I set root password? I recon I never set any root password during or after installation.
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Looks like I was able to do it once update the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
[email protected]:~$ ssh garply
[email protected]'s password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.8.0-38-generic x86_64)- Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
- Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
- Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
14 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradableYour Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2025.
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law./usr/bin/xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
[email protected]:~# hostname
ubuntu
[email protected]:~# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
[email protected]:~# exit
logout
Connection to localhost closed.@lee42x Thanks for your help!!
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please ignore.
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please ignore
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- Setup ssh keys and fingerprints. If not already done, create a key pair on the local machine:$ ssh-keygenCopy the key to the remote and save the fingerprint$ ssh-copy-id localhost3. Test the password-less connection, if you are prompted for a password fix it now:$ ssh localhostRepeat for all the local interfaces or some remotes$ ssh-copy-id 127.0.0.1
I tried the lab 5.5 with the steps and getting error on first part somehow saying this from step 1 of ssh-keygen:
[email protected]:~$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/cloud-engineer-student/.ssh/id_rsa):
/home/cloud-engineer-student/.ssh/id_rsa already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)? y
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/cloud-engineer-student/.ssh/id_rsa
Your public key has been saved in /home/cloud-engineer-student/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:v#####################XVeno [email protected]
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 3072]----+
| .... |
| . . . |
| .. o |
| . o o.=+|
| +. * . .=+|
| .+.o+ =XB|
+----[SHA256]-----+
[email protected]:~$ ssh-copy-id localhost
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
[email protected]'s password:
sh: 1: cannot create .ssh/authorized_keys: Permission denied0 -
I recognized the issue here for the above - ownership:
ls -ld .ssh
drwx------ 2 cloud-engineer-student cloud-engineer-student 4096 Jan 19 01:37 .ssh
[email protected]:~$ ls -ld .ssh/authorized_keys
-rw------- 1 root root 1429 Jan 19 00:33 .ssh/authorized_keys
[email protected]:~$ sudo chown cloud-engineer-student:cloud-engineer-student .ssh/authorized_keys
[email protected]:~$ ssh-copy-id localhost
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: WARNING: All keys were skipped because they already exist on the remote system.
(if you think this is a mistake, you may want to use -f option)[email protected]:~$ ssh localhost
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.8.0-38-generic x86_64)0 -
Great ! Be carful using root to change/configure user's home directory components. You can get extra information using the "-v" flag on the ssh command.
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@beekay.verma said:
Looks like I was able to do it once update the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.I'm stuck at this stage. I had initially created $HOME/.ssh/config file as root and then realised my mistake - it should nave been created without sudo, as in 'nano' and not 'sudo nano'. Like beekay I had not generated a root password, so I did this, but am still getting the permission denied error (I did logout and back in). I don't know what beekay means by updating the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. What do I put in there? Same as $HOME/.ssh/config file?
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In this exercise we check the /etc/sshd/sshd_config file allows the root user to login via ssh. This has been the default setting for many releases. This exercise will change the root access to be key based eliminating
the option of using root's password.The steps adding an authorized key to root for access to local host are documented a being executed as root, this may not be clear. Here are the steps in question using "sudo".
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo su -c 'cat /home/student/.ssh/authorized_keys >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys '
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo chown root.root /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
[[email protected] ~]$ ssh garplyThings to watch for:
The "sudo su -c " command is required to use the redirection with sudo.
Make sure there is only one iteration of "PermitRootLogin" in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.Let us know if this helps.
Thank you, Lee0 -
The option we are looking for in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file is the "PermitRootLogin".
Initially we assume , and check, that PermitRootLogin is set to YES.
We change "PermitRootLogin" so only ssh keys will allow root to login later in the exercise.0 -
Step 5.4 you may need to install "xeyes", some distros no longer install xeyes by default.
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@lee42x said:
In this exercise we check the /etc/sshd/sshd_config file allows the root user to login via ssh. This has been the default setting for many releases. This exercise will change the root access to be key based eliminating
the option of using root's password.
The steps adding an authorized key to root for access to local host are documented a being executed as root, this may not be clear. Here are the steps in question using "sudo".[[email protected] ~]$ sudo su -c 'cat /home/student/.ssh/authorized_keys >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys '
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo chown root.root /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
[[email protected] ~]$ ssh garplyThings to watch for:
The "sudo su -c " command is required to use the redirection with sudo.
Make sure there is only one iteration of "PermitRootLogin" in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.Let us know if this helps.
Thank you, LeeThanks. I have repeated the first part of exercise 5.1.1 (including checking the permit root login part in sshd_config file). Now do I replace 5.1.2 with your instructions above?
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