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Date:      Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:36:49 +0100
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I create an identity file for scp??
Message-ID:  <20030715213649.GA33467@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3F1455A8.8070802@mac.com>
References:  <20030715184920.GA32652@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3F1455A8.8070802@mac.com>

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On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:27:36PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
: Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
: [ ... ]
: >How do I create the identity file that goes with the -i option so that I do
: >not have to enter my password each time?
: >
: >NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed.  Thanks.
: 
: Use ssh-keygen to generate an RSA or DSA keypair without using a password, 
: and copy identity.pub, id_dsa.pub, or whatever to .ssh/authorized_keys on 
: the remote host (the system being logged into).

That worked perfectly.  Thanks!

Am I correct that for each box I want to log in from, I do the same thing,
and just append each key to authorized_keys?


jm
-- 
My other computer is your Windows box.



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