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    Can you get access to the server logs? There might be a clue there, from sshd telling why it rejected the key. I don't remember how logs are organized on SuSE, possibly /var/log/auth.log, but anyway look for a log entry from the date of your login attempt. Commented Dec 8, 2011 at 23:41
  • I forgot to mention when writing my question that I cannot find sshd log. /var/log/auth.log doesn't exit and nothing similar in /var/log Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 0:08
  • And I don't have /etc/syslog.conf on my server. Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 0:10
  • Added line from /var/log/messages Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 0:12
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    Do you have PasswordAuthentication no in your sshd_config? Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 0:31