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Date:      21 Jun 2002 15:32:04 +0000
From:      Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk>
To:        Daniel Barron <nettle@jadeb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh keys and rsync
Message-ID:  <m2vg8cabrf.fsf@set.ehsrealtime.com>
In-Reply-To: <45231c4a4b.nettle@jadeb.com>
References:  <45231c4a4b.nettle@jadeb.com>

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Daniel Barron <nettle@jadeb.com> writes:

> Then that was it I could just 'ssh someserver' and be logged in.  Someserver
> is a SunOS 4.8.
> 
> I tried the same on the FreeBSD box and it always asked me for a password.
> I also tried without the -t dsa.

Is it asking you for a password or a passphrase? There are
differences. Have you added the key that belongs to the user you wish
to ssh as to the authorized_keys (or for ssh V2 authorized_keys2) file
of the user that you wish to ssh to ?

EG. wayne on box a wants to ssh to web on box b. wayne on box a
generates a ssh key. The sysadmin then adds the contents of wayne's
public key to /export/home/web/.ssh/authorized_keys2 on box b.

> BTW, I know blank passphrases are bad, but how would I connect
> without any user intervention?

You can use ssh-agent where you enter the passphrase once at startup,
and then ssh uses the running agent to authenticate against requests.

HTH, 

-- 
- Wayne Pascoe  -  http://www.penguinpowered.org.uk/wayne/
    The thing is, I was POSITIVE that I wasn't
    actually depressed, just that life  had no
    meaning and I was tired of living.
    -- daystar on k5
    

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