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Re: Need help with password-less ssh


On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:08:54PM -0500, Harig, Mark wrote:
> >  
> > jware@JWARE-PC ~/.ssh
> > $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
> > Generating public/private rsa key pair.
> > Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
> > Enter same passphrase again: 
> > Your identification has been saved in /home/jware/.ssh/id_rsa.
> > Your public key has been saved in /home/jware/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
> > The key fingerprint is:
> > <fingerprint remove>
> >  
> 
> Because you are generating the newer 'id_rsa/id_rsa.pub' key-pair
> instead of the older 'identity/identity.pub' key-pair, you need
> to copy your 'id_rsa.pub' file to the newer '.ssh/authorized_keys2'
> file, instead of the older '.ssh/authorized_keys'.
> 
> Also, check to make sure that on both the client and server computers
> your '.ssh' directory is readable only by you (mode: 700), and that the
> 'authorized_keys2' file on the server computer is write-able only by
> you (mode: 644).

Or, to make it short, read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README and use
/usr/bin/ssh-host-config and /usr/bin/ssh-user-config to create your
configuration.

Corinna

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