Unable to connect to Fedora from Mac with private key with WebSSH

[michaelarz]

Hello,

just bought a Pro and quite happy in general, just got one issue with logging using private key.

Any ideas, what could be configured wrong here?

I can connect with my private key from mac terminal to fedora linux machine.

But this key imported to WebSSH does not allow to connect.

Key was generated with ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 and looks like:

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAACFwAAAAdzc2gtcn
...
vb3dUPro8Onb5QAAABJtaWNrQGhtY2suYXJ6dW1hbmkBAgMEBQYH
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

using something like ssh mikhail@hmsrv -i key4 from my mac works as usual.

Looking at linux logs crypto exchange looks fine, but auth session failed for WebSSH

Connecting from mac:
Feb 2 19:43:18 hmsrv audit[1504239]: USER_AUTH pid=1504239 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=pubkey_auth grantors=auth-key acct="mikhail" exe="/usr/sbin/sshd" hostname=? addr=10.12.15.94 terminal=? res=success'

Connecting from WebSSH:
Feb 2 19:43:57 hmsrv audit[1504510]: USER_LOGIN pid=1504510 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=login acct="(unknown)" exe="/usr/sbin/sshd" hostname=? addr=127.0.0.1 terminal=ssh res=failed'

Any other logs which could be helpful?

Thanks in advance!

[isontheline]

Hello @michaelarz 👋

Thank you a lot for your feedback 🙏
Sorry to hear that a trouble is around your private key.

Perhaps there are more information in WebSSH verbose logs.

In order to enable verbose logging you can follow the steps :

1. iOS Settings
2. WebSSH
3. Settings
4. Log Level > Verbose
5. Restart WebSSH
6. Reproduce your action
7. Find the log files inside iOS > Files > WebSSH

Could you try to find a useful information in these logs?

Have a nice day ☀️

[isontheline]

@michaelarz Strange 😢

I would like your TEST keypair please : team (AT) webssh [DOT] net

[michaelarz]

Strange indeed, I almost sure, I messed up with the key generation somehow, but cannot find how :)

Sent test keypair to check.

Thanks!

[isontheline]

Hi @michaelarz

I'm sorry but your keypair works great on my side :/

I'm running it inside a test container

[michaelarz]

Hmm, ok that means I need to check my environment.. I’ll set a fresh test machine and give it a try.

[isontheline]

Do not hesitate to tell me if I'm wrong or if WebSSH has an issue within a particular configuration.

I hope your issue will be resolved asap.