title: SSH doesn't accept public key, and permissions appear to be correct
body: <pre><code>me@a1:~/me$ ssh -v ae@1.1.1.1
  OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012
  debug1: Connecting to 1.1.1.1 [1.1.1.1] port 22.
  debug1: Connection established.
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
  debug1: Checking blacklist file /usr/share/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048
  debug1: Checking blacklist file /etc/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/me/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
  debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3
  debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH_4*
  debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
  debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
  debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
  debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024&lt;1024&lt;8192) sent
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
  debug1: Server host key: RSA 23:2d:18:a3:88:d4:91:34:a4:85:..........
  debug1: Host '1.1.1.1' is known and matches the RSA host key.
  debug1: Found key in /home/me/.ssh/known_hosts:6
  debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
  debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
  debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
  debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
  debug1: Trying private key: /home/me/.ssh/id_dsa
  debug1: Trying private key: /home/me/.ssh/id_ecdsa
  debug1: Next authentication method: password
  ae@1.1.1.1's password: 
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  <p>and then</p>
  
  <pre><code>me@a1:~/me$ tail /var/log/auth.log
  May 11 10:17:01 a1 CRON[21454]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
  May 11 11:17:01 a1 CRON[22859]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
  May 11 11:17:01 a1 CRON[22859]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
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  <p>Doesn't say anything about permissions. 
  SSH works for other hosts - can I conclude from this, that this is an issue with the public key on the server, rather than on my PC?</p>
  
  <p>The only other thing that I can think of is that my username on my PC is "me", whereas the username on the remote server is "ae".</p>
  
  <p>When it works, for another server, it looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
  debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa
  debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 279
  debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
  Authenticated to 1.1.1.2 ([1.1.1.2]:22).
  debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
  debug1: Entering interactive session.
  Last login: Mon May  7 21:25:09 2012 from 2.2.2.2
  [username@server2 ~]$ 
  </code></pre>