Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:00:03 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: "Michael K. Smith" <mksmith@noanet.net> Cc: questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh with public keys and no prompts...I can't get it to work! Message-ID: <20030121230003.GD91874@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <12966060-2D91-11D7-8983-003065CA9420@noanet.net> References: <20030121220140.GA91874@luke.immure.com> <12966060-2D91-11D7-8983-003065CA9420@noanet.net>
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:38:33PM -0800, Michael K. Smith wrote: > > Hello: > > Did you create your keys with no passwords, as in "ssh-keygen -t dsa" > then just hit return a couple of times instead of giving a password? No, I didn't try that yet...just did now and it works! Great! :-) What is the downside (if any) to not specifying a passphrase? > Also, and this probably doesn't change your present situation (but may > because some things about ssh are just plain weird), your directory > should be rwx for user only, so make sure to chmod go-rx that directory. I've had this both ways actually. Just so happened that when I did the ls it was set to be readable by group and other. Thanks for the help. Bob > > Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > Michael K. Smith NoaNet > 206.219.7116 (work) 206.579.8360 (cell) > mksmith@noanet.net http://www.noanet.net -- Bob Willcox We seem to have forgotten the simple truth that bob@vieo.com reason is never perfect. Only non-sense attains Austin, TX perfection. -- Poul Henningsen [1894-1967] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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