Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:05:43 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd question Message-ID: <20060120030543.92943.qmail@web60018.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200601191741.58953.akbeech@gmail.com>
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--- Beech Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to set up ssh to use keys to authenticate on a remote server. > I've > always used passwords in the past. I generated a key pair and exported > my > public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote machine. I changed > sshd_config to "PasswordAuthentication no". when I login the remote > machine > still asks for a password. What do I change to just use the key to log > in? I'm assuming you do not want to enter anything to log in right? If so, you need a private key with a blank passphrase. It's hard to say from here but it may be that you are being prompted for the passphrase to unlock your private key. -- Peter __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
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