Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:05:24 +0530 From: Shantanoo Mahajan <shantanoo@gmail.com> To: dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh, sftp, and public key authentication Message-ID: <20050223183524.GA2363@dhumketu.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <006d01c515c3$92ed5300$fb7cb941@satellite> References: <006d01c515c3$92ed5300$fb7cb941@satellite>
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+++ dave [freebsd] [18-02-05 09:10 -0500]: | Hello, | I've got a machine i use public keys on to which i'm trying to ssh. When | i created a key for this user i did not define a passphrase, yet i am being | asked for one when i ssh in to the box. I use the command ssh -i | <filename.pub> hostname however if i do sftp username@hostname i'm allowed | in no questions asked. | Help needed! | Thanks. | Dave. google for 'passworldless ssh login' Process in short On the Client machine: > ssh-keygen -t dsa ~/.ssh/id_dsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub are created. > scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub user@server:~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 >From client: > ssh user@server you will be logged in w/o any password. Regards, Shantanoo
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