[lug] OpenSSH

Calvin Dodge caldodge at fpcc.net
Tue Jan 30 22:51:13 MST 2001


"Michael J. Pedersen" wrote:
> 
> 1) As the user who will login, issue 'ssh-keygen'
>    Follow all prompts, but make certain not to use a passphrase on this secret
>    key.
> 2) Copy the file $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on the
>    server to which you will log in.
> 3) On the server you log into, find the file 'sshd_config', and make the
>    following changes to it:

Correct me if I'm wrong, Michael, but if one is running ssh2 (which, if
I understand correctly, is the default for the latest versions of
openssh) shouldn't that be "ssh-keygen -d" and "copy
$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 on the server"?

Inquiring minds want to know ...

Calvin
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