[lug] ssh and pubkey

[Warren Sanders]

I did just this task today.  If I can remember the exact steps...
First off I think you may already know the first steps, but for the sake 
of others and documentation...

   1. ssh-kegen -t rsa
   2. ssh-agent bash (or whatever shell)
   3. ssh-add
   4. scp $user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $user at other-box:$user/.ssh/authorized_keys

In my case I did localdomain root accounts on both sides.  I can access 
both sides without authentication.  My purpose for doing this was to run 
rsync over ssh transport as a cron job.


j davis wrote:

> Hello,
> I tried setting up ssh to not use a passwd so i could have my
> scrips log in using id_dsa....so i got kinda confused here...
>
> You must now put the public key on the remote machine
>
>    * Copy the public key to the server: use scp, ftp, email, paste it 
> with a mouse, anything.
>    * Connect to the server with ssh and password authentication.
>    * put the key in the ``correct'' place. This depends on your 
> implementation and version.
>
> OpenSSH (SSH-1)
>
>    copy the key into  /.ssh/authorized_keys
> OpenSSH (SSH-2)
>
>    copy the key into  /.ssh/authorized_keys2
> Sun SSH Solaris 9 (SSH-2)
>
>    copy the key into  /.ssh/authorized_keys
> Commercial SSH (SSH-1)
>
>    copy the key into  /.ssh/authorized_keys
> Commercial SSH (SSH-2)
>
> copy the key to the file  /.ssh2/mykey.pub and create a file called  
> /.ssh2/authorization that contains a line Key mykey.pub
>
> um...does /.ssh mean create .ssh/authorized_keys in / or what...
> im using rh7.3 up2dated sshd.
>
> thanks,
> jd
>
> jd at taproot.bz
> http://www.taproot.bz
>
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Warren Sanders
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