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Date:      11 Jun 2002 17:55:21 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh questions
Message-ID:  <44ptyx7a5y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <OE62bsnVd7cl4TlL8Rf0000fdc5@hotmail.com>
References:  <OE62bsnVd7cl4TlL8Rf0000fdc5@hotmail.com>

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"jack xiao" <jack_xiao99@hotmail.com> writes:

> I am ruunig ssh under FreeBSD4.5. It works=A0fine, but I am=A0wondering i=
f anybody
> has any experience of using ssh without inputing username and password. I=
t's
> for a cron job on my box...

Sure.  You use DSA or RSA authentication, and no passphrase.=20=20
See the manual.

[You need to be very careful about this kind of configuration, though;
if possible, give the ssh identity a userid with no login privileges...]

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