Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:46:36 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using ssh on Multiple Machines Message-ID: <199904091846.AA15553@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: <199904091615.MAA08195@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> (cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) References: <199904091615.MAA08195@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:15:52 -0400 (EDT) So, I have taken the 'identity.pub' file, put it on a floppy (or whatever), and then just do something like 'cat identity.pub > .ssh/authorized_keys' on a separate machine. Now, above it says, 'after this, the user can log in without giving the password,' but each time I invoke ssh between these machines I have to enter my passphrase. Why that happens (and whether it should happene at all) is not clear to me from the manpage. Since that is a heck of a lot more work to enter a passprhase than the remote user's password (or more often I make a typo in the passphrase), I often use the password for the user instead. Is there a difference? Why would I chose one over the other? Those are the kinds of things I have trouble with in the ssh manpages. As *I* said the first time, use the ssh-agent. Read its manpage. As the *ssh manpage* says, ssh-agent makes ssh logins much more convenient. Really. No kidding. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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