ssh login with public key

[jkmartha]

fedora core - 2

i want to login to a remote server thru ssh using public key authentication. The remote server is on suse. suppose the username on the remote box is "user1" .
# ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 2048
i created one user with same username "user1" in my box.
i used the above command & placed the private key file in /home/user1/.ssh in my machine & placed the public key file in /home/user1/.ssh in remote machine.

now i try to login using
# ssh user1@x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the IP add of the remote box.
the reply is
permission denied : public key
Can anyone guide me ????

[AndyGreen]

blah/.ssh is a DIRECTORY, right?

Check/set ~/.ssh has 700 permissions. Your public key has to go in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys or ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 if you only allow ssh version 2 protocol. The perms on this file MUST be 600.

Also check /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages on the server for further hints.