From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 02:04:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE316106568D for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:04:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spomerg@cwu.EDU) Received: from scylla.cts.cwu.edu (scylla.cts.cwu.edu [198.104.67.151]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892538FC15 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:04:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spomerg@cwu.EDU) Received: from CONVERSION-CWU-DAEMON.SCYLLA.CTS.CWU.EDU by SCYLLA.CTS.CWU.EDU (PMDF V6.4 #31640) id <01MYBGUQHELS0006A6@SCYLLA.CTS.CWU.EDU> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.cwu.edu (hermes.cwu.edu [172.16.21.28]) by SCYLLA.CTS.CWU.EDU (PMDF V6.4 #31640) with ESMTP id <01MYBGUNV8HC0005L1@SCYLLA.CTS.CWU.EDU> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwugate1-MTA by hermes.cwu.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:35:33 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:35:29 -0700 From: Gavin Spomer To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <48A31B61020000900001C109@hermes.cwu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.3 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Subject: ssh-keygen between SuSE and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:04:10 -0000 I hope this isn't an invalid topic for this list. I'm on so many lists and = I hate to join another one just to get help on one thing. Apologies if = it's not. I am able to use ssh-keygen to generate keys so that I can ssh from my Mac = to any of my SuSE systems or ssh from my Mac to any of my FreeBSD systems, = without having to enter my password. When I try the same thing from a SuSE = system to a FreeBSD system, (I.E. I run "ssh-keygen -t rsa" on the SuSE = system, then copy the id_rsa.pub to my ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the = FreeBSD system) I get the following message when ssh-ing to the FreeBSD = system: Enter passphrase for key '/home/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa': ... and I have to enter my password. I've Googled, but can't seem to find = the answer to my dilemma. Is it generally kind of a pain to do this = between platforms? I'm finally very comfortable on FreeBSD and am starting = to really get annoyed with SuSE. :( - Gavin