putty from Windows to FreeBSD 14.0 says "Server refused our key"
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:03:26 UTC
Hello list, I have a box that I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 14.0. It all appears to be working ok except for one thing. When I attempt to use Putty on Windows to connect to it using SSH, I get an error "Server refused our key" and it drops back to password authentication. I have not modified sshd_config from the default. I've used this same key for many years from Putty and from other FreeBSD boxes. It still works successfully from FreeBSD 13 to FreeBSD 14, but not from Putty to FreeBSD 14. In auth.log on the FreeBSD 14 box, I can see that it says "userauth_pubkey: signature algorithm ssh-rsa not in PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms [preauth]". So, I guess that I could fix this by modifying sshd_config, but I don't understand why it works from FreeBSD 13 but not Putty. Something that may be related (but I'm not sure). When I use password authentication from Putty, it appears that it doesn't read my .bashrc. When I login from FreeBSD 13, it does read .bashrc. Does anybody have any clues, please. Thanks in advance, Graham