setting a password less ssh connection

[Karl Larsen]

Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> hicham wrote:
>> Hello
>> I'm having trouble to set a passwordless ssh connection between many 
>> pcs ,
>> I've found lot on the web about exchanging public keys but i still
>> cannot make it password less
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> hicham
>>
> I believe if you enable:
>
> #PermitEmptyPasswords no
>
> and change to "yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then restart you sshd, it 
> should allow no passwords.  Personally, I recommend against remote 
> access w/o passwords.
>
> Stephen Mirowski
>
    I echo the concern about empty passwords. Without the password any 
hacker can ssh to any of your computers and get on. This is very bad! 
Even a stupid Hacker could delete your entire directory. And a smart one 
would delete your entire computer!

Karl