public key authentication headache issue/solution documentation

[Florian Mosleh <florian dot mosleh at berndtgroup dot net>]

Hello,

I've just resolved an issue I had with public key authentication for ssh 
in cygwyn. I needed to automate an rsync pull from a box running cygwyn. 
The client is an antiquated redhat system. I was unable to successfully 
execute remote commands after authenticating with a keypair. I was 
finally able to resolve the issue by running the sshd service as the 
user used for authenticating the ssh session and chowning various ssh 
related files to the user (notably /var/log/sshd.log). I'd like to 
recommend more documentation on this issue. It had a relatively simple 
fix which, nonetheless, eluded me for several days.

If you have an alternate recommendation that better conforms to best 
practices, please let me know. The ssh-host-config script spews various 
useful bits of knowledge. Something along the lines of "For possible 
issues with public key authentication please see <file>" might be nice.

Cheers.

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