[aleq]

Hello Everyone,
I have prepared SSH keys for my Wifi SSH enabled jailbroken K4NT. It worked, until I restarted the device. From that moment, I cannot log in without password. I have even cleared the configuration off the Kindle and redone it again, just like I did it the day before (I think). I have following Ixtab's guide: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...27&postcount=4, but still no dice. As I'm hacking/transforming my unused Kindle into a status monitor, I desperately need to be able to push files to it programatically.

[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>ssh-keygen -C "Aleq's Kindle developer key" -f id_kindle
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <NOTHING JUST ENTER HERE>
Enter same passphrase again: <NOTHING JUST ENTER HERE>
Your identification has been saved in id_kindle.
Your public key has been saved in id_kindle.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:LTftDjw7ErpovzfyvjGDscHy78Orok3pzgXWhQrKcjk Aleq's Kindle developer key
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|       .         |
|  .   . .        |
|.. o + . . .     |
|o.E = = S + .    |
|.. o = =.+ o     |
|    o =o+.+ .    |
|   =ooo.*+.=     |
|  .+*o=XB*...    |
+----[SHA256]-----+
[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>ls id_kindle*
total 56
-rw------- 1 aleq aleq      1679 Jun 25 15:06 id_kindle
-rw-r----- 1 aleq aleq       409 Jun 25 15:06 id_kindle.pub
[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>cat id_kindle.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDZS/3YfCGoQFxAkpAvUbfTJHQnjnSzhupgEWkqMF+TNxDUqLlrWbAtvUy7Fz8Hg9sua5vRu+EDVo6hiLXtUPt8LhuyZ3gACliJ0Y0msvtRw58PoedPd36Mt+cJjIaqWDaY6/yFoJf1WBt2Nbi6aGZb/SvpJZkzwDhK2YxXFDLN+mc5SLPG5OIZzH+gwvfwcjsww/4y6CT3PE2h9dVCqIMyPiE7M0fK5hpnz0R5thjWJMw9Aw4RErjLSQBVdaGO6fn3bOJ2O3LWI8WZFUhxnYeTU0uUZcn3R9RlS/vGLudEkSASxGmx7w/Tyd5TrVplBholZHm8A8ws7z+/dz92lKll Aleq's Kindle developer key
[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>scp id_kindle.pub root@192.168.1.74:/mnt/us/usbnet/etc/authorized_keys
Unable to negotiate with 192.168.1.74 port 22: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
lost connection
[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>scp -o 'KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1' id_kindle.pub root@192.168.1.74:/mnt/us/usbnet/etc/authorized_keys
root@192.168.1.74's password: <PASSWORD ENTERED>
id_kindle.pub                                                                                   100%  409    25.6KB/s   00:00

[aleq@planet] ~/devel/kindlox>ssh  -o 'KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1' -i id_kindle root@192.168.1.74 -v
OpenSSH_7.4p1 Debian-10+deb9u3, OpenSSL 1.0.2l  25 May 2017
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.74 [192.168.1.74] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file id_kindle type 1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file id_kindle-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4p1 Debian-10+deb9u3
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version dropbear_0.52
debug1: no match: dropbear_0.52
debug1: Authenticating to 192.168.1.74:22 as 'root'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-rsa
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:xsBNOprs30YEpnF4ymKvtFdjvElSiVS2I0hE4z8v+D0
debug1: Host '192.168.1.74' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/aleq/.ssh/known_hosts:9
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: id_kindle
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: password
root@192.168.1.74's password:

On Kindle:

[root@kindle etc]# pwd
/mnt/us/usbnet/etc
[root@kindle etc]# ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          409 Jun 25 15:09 authorized_keys
[root@kindle etc]# cat authorized_keys
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDZS/3YfCGoQFxAkpAvUbfTJHQnjnSzhupgEWkqMF+TNxDUqLlrWbAtvUy7Fz8Hg9sua5vRu+EDVo6hiLXtUPt8LhuyZ3gACliJ0Y0msvtRw58PoedPd36Mt+cJjIaqWDaY6/yFoJf1WBt2Nbi6aGZb/SvpJZkzwDhK2YxXFDLN+mc5SLPG5OIZzH+gwvfwcjsww/4y6CT3PE2h9dVCqIMyPiE7M0fK5hpnz0R5thjWJMw9Aw4RErjLSQBVdaGO6fn3bOJ2O3LWI8WZFUhxnYeTU0uUZcn3R9RlS/vGLudEkSASxGmx7w/Tyd5TrVplBholZHm8A8ws7z+/dz92lKll Aleq's Kindle developer key

I have checked /var/log/messages, nothing strange there.

Any tips, ideas are welcome.

TIA,
A.