Interactive authentication even though server is setup with SSH key authentication only
I have an issue where RDM seems to want to use passwords only even though I have an SSH key specified I am not sure what is going on here or how i can force the ssh keys to be used instead of username and password and interactive authentication.
Version of RDM is the latest - 2024.1.19.0 64-bit
Hi @jaquilina,
There are many reasons why RDM's SSH connection might fall back to password authentication. A log would be useful to diagnose the problem. For that, check the "Enable logging" option in the "Logs" tab of your SSH entry. Set the verbose to 2, you can either check the "Log to terminal" option or setup a path for a file to write to in "Log path". The "Log mode" must be set to "Event".
Most probable problem is that the public part of the key your are using is not in the "authorized_keys" file of the server you are connecting to. It's also possible the key is protected by a password and it has been entered incorrectly in the SSH entry. It's also possible (but not that much probable) the server in not configured to accept public key authentication. In any case, it will be visible in the logs.
You can post the logs in this thread and I will help you resolve the problem.
Regards
Denis Vincent