Re: putty from Windows to FreeBSD 14.0 says "Server refused our key"

Thanks Walter. Working now after upgrade to Putty 0.80.

Thanks,

     Graham

On 10/02/2024 5:28 pm, Walter Parker wrote:
> I’d have to go look, but the most recent versions of openSSH got rid 
> of some of older signature algorithms from the default configuration. 
> FreeBSD picked up those new changes. Depending on which version of 13 
> you have, it might have an older version of openSSH that still has RSA 
> in the default configuration.
>
>
> Walter
>
> The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by 
> men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis 
> D. Brandeis
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM Graham Menhennitt 
> <graham@menhennitt.com.au> wrote:
>
>     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
>
>
>