From: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HELP!!! using RSA w/o passwords? Message-ID: <38D02E15.56AEE21@miltonstreet.com>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 07:40:45PM -0500, Sam Carleton wrote: > > > I have both ssh and ssh2 installed on all my machines. At present all > > that is needed to authenticate is the users password. I would like to > > use RSA authentication without needed a password, but I cannot figure > > out how to do it. > > When you create your RSA key with ssh-keygen, and get prompted for a > password, just hit <RETURN> and you'll create an RSA key *without* any > password. That should solve your problem. The password that is needed is the normal login password, not the passphrase I typed in when generating the key. > [ Remember to copy the public key once more, before you try it again. ] What? Sam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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