From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 13:32: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93E537B400 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C015A43E31 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:32:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 15901 invoked from network); 14 Jul 2002 20:31:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 14 Jul 2002 20:31:55 -0000 Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (localhost.bellavista.cz [127.0.0.1]) by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (8.12.5/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6EKVscS006986; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:31:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (from roman@localhost) by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (8.12.5/8.12.4/Submit) id g6EKVrmP006983; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:31:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: freepuppy.bellavista.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@bellavista.cz using -f Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:31:53 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Dan Nelson Cc: jules gilbert , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: password-less secure interchange Message-ID: <20020714203152.GL322@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Dan Nelson , jules gilbert , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3D31B0E8.69A9EBA8@medg.lcs.mit.edu> <20020714183354.GC63064@dan.emsphone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020714183354.GC63064@dan.emsphone.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:33:54 -0500 > From: Dan Nelson > To: jules gilbert > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: password-less secure interchange > > In the last episode (Jul 14), jules gilbert said: > > I have two machines. > > > > In the middle of the night -- when I am unconscious, I want a FreeBSD > > to be able to scp to another FreeBSD machine and pass a file. > > Run ssh-keygen (read the manpage for the options) on machine A, don't > enter a passphrase, then copy the ~/.ssh/identity.pub over to machine > B's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. Then you can ssh from A to B without any > user interaction. "ssh-agent provides the same benefits in a much more secure manner" http://www.snailbook.com/faq/no-passphrase.auto.html -- FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 10:30PM up 1 day, 12:44, 8 users, load averages: 0.26, 0.11, 0.04 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message