Using Nautilus's "Connect to server..." with SSH Certificate

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#1 December 2, 2008

I'm trying to use Nautilus to browse a server via SSH using the "Connect to server..." feature. The problem is I use a SSH key (certificate) to access the server but Nautilus asks me for a password.

How do I make Nautilus use the certificate rather than the password?

#2 December 3, 2008

I also have the same problem, I wonder if there is a way to invoke Nautilus from the command line with the option to use a key.

#3 December 3, 2008

do you have password authentication turned off in your sshd_config?

#4 December 3, 2008

Currently on both the server and the client PasswordAuthentication is commented out.

Keeping in mind I don't actually want to set a password, I want to use the certificate.

Should I turn it on or off? On the server or the client?

#5 December 10, 2008

I have still had no luck with this problem. Any other ideas?