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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