Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:20:33 GMT From: Daniel Barron <nettle@jadeb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh keys and rsync Message-ID: <05102b4a4b.nettle@jadeb.com> In-Reply-To: <m2vg8cabrf.fsf@set.ehsrealtime.com> References: <45231c4a4b.nettle@jadeb.com> <m2vg8cabrf.fsf@set.ehsrealtime.com>
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Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk> wrote:
> Daniel Barron <nettle@jadeb.com> writes:
>
> > Then that was it I could just 'ssh someserver' and be logged in.
> > Someserver is a SunOS 4.8.
> >
> > I tried the same on the FreeBSD box and it always asked me for a
> > password. I also tried without the -t dsa.
>
> Is it asking you for a password or a passphrase? There are differences.
Yes I know. Password.
> Have you added the key that belongs to the user you wish to ssh as to the
> authorized_keys (or for ssh V2 authorized_keys2) file of the user that you
> wish to ssh to ?
Yes, tried both.
>
> EG. wayne on box a wants to ssh to web on box b. wayne on box a generates a
> ssh key. The sysadmin then adds the contents of wayne's public key to
> /export/home/web/.ssh/authorized_keys2 on box b.
I'm just starting with ~/.ssh for now and will move on to /path/to/web once
I can simply ssh without password or passphrase.
>
> > BTW, I know blank passphrases are bad, but how would I connect without
> > any user intervention?
>
> You can use ssh-agent where you enter the passphrase once at startup, and
> then ssh uses the running agent to authenticate against requests.
I saw info on that but had no sucess. However it seems to be for interactive
use rather than crontab-ed.
--
Daniel Barron
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