Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 13:04:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> Cc: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh and scp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317130431.994n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980317130555.37679@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 02:25:44PM +0200, Jacques Hugo wrote:
>
> > Can scp be automated that it can read the passwd from
> > a user on a trusted host? I would like to scp -r
> > directories during the night from one box to another.
>
> If you want a user on one machine (which I'll call "client") to
> be able to ssh (or scp) into another box ("server") without supplying
> a password, take these steps:
>
> Make sure that ~/.ssh/identity.pub exists on client. It is normally
> there, as long as you have used ssh before.
>
If it doesn't exist, run `ssh-keygen' and create a new key with an empty
passphrase.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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