Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:17:58 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh-keygen between SuSE and FreeBSD Message-ID: <E6761DA7BA3FC0E8D9942DA9@Macintosh.local> In-Reply-To: <48A31B61020000900001C109@hermes.cwu.edu> References: <48A31B61020000900001C109@hermes.cwu.edu>
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--==========90999CB7B16A01AA3C3E========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On August 13, 2008 5:35:29 PM -0700 Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU> = wrote: > 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. :( > Just to be clear....you're saying that your key pass*phrase* doesn't work=20 and you have to type your pass*word* in instead? Or did you make all your = previous keys passphrase-less and add a passphrase to this one? Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ****************************************** WARNING: Check the headers before replying --==========90999CB7B16A01AA3C3E==========--
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