Pass SSH password automatically

[Ron Herardian]

If you run ssh-keygen -t rsa1 that's right (copy identity.pub--default file name--to authorized_keys) but if you've run ssh-keygen -t dsa (it's a good idea to have all three keys, also -t rsa), then you might want to copy id_dsa.pub (default file name) to authorized_keys2. This only works without a password if there's no passphrase.

Ron


Dave Cross wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 11:46:40AM +0100, Steve Searle wrote:
> > Many moons ago I set up my (then RH) Linux box to pass the current
> > password automatically when SSHing to another box.  If I was logged on
> > as steve, and I did "ssh myserver" it would take me straight to a shell
> > on myserver, logged on as steve, assuming the steve account on myserver
> > had the same password as the box I was coming from.  I was not asked for
> > the password.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I need to change to change my current setup to
> > work like this.
> 
> 1/ Use ssh-keygen to generate an ssh key.
> 2/ Copy the public part of the new key to the remote box
>    (it goes in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys)
> 
> At this stage you'll be prompted for the key's passphrase rather than
> the user's password when connecting to the remote box. To get rid of
> that, you'll need to be running ssh-agent.
> 
> 3/ Run "ssh-agent $SHELL" from the command line
> 4/ Run "ssh-add" from the command line - this will prompt you for
>    the key's passphrase
> 
> Now you shouldn't be prompted for the passphrase when you try to connect
> to any box that has your key installed.
> 
> See the docs at <http://openssh.org/manual.html> for more details.
> 
> Dave...
> 
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