From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 08:55:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F97016A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:55:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlasta.net (wow.atlasta.net [12.129.13.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 741EA43D41 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:55:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drais@wow.atlasta.net) Received: (qmail 20622 invoked by uid 1068); 23 Dec 2003 16:55:32 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 23 Dec 2003 16:55:32 -0000 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:55:32 -0800 (PST) From: David Raistrick To: Francisco Javier Fabra Caro In-Reply-To: <1071956946.560.20.camel@localhost> Message-ID: References: <1071956946.560.20.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Freebsd isp isp Subject: Re: ssh and keys X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:55:35 -0000 > I'm trying to backup a server over ssh, but I don't want to type the > passphrase. I've been making the *interchange* of keys between the both > machines, but this doesn't seem to work. I'm using a FreeBSD machine > (updated sshd) and a RedHat 9 machine (updated sshd). Did you get this resolved? You may want to verify that you're using the same version and type of key. ie: ssh1/rsa ssh2/rsa or ssh2/dsa. Different defaults are used on different versions of freebsd, and I've no idea what might be used in Redhat. man ssh-keygen for more, but the essence is in the FILES section: $HOME/.ssh/identity protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub protocol version 1 RSA public key $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa protocol version 2 DSA authentication $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub protocol version 2 DSA public key $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa protocol version 2 RSA authentication $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub protocol version 2 RSA public key --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html