[K12OSN] SSHFS and RSA keys

[Dan Young]

Bert Rolston wrote:
> I generated the rsa keys as per the following article
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8904
> 
> I've run the suggested test from the article to see if the keys work.
> BUT WAIT, I still have to type in my password!?!?!?!?!? 
> Should I have entered a passphrase when creating the keys?
> 
> I've created the key on the server and copied the public to my machine
> (/home/bert/.ssh/Authorized_keys). No joy.

Wrong direction.

> I've created the key on my machine and copied the public key to my
> server (/home/bert/.ssh/Authorized_keys), No joy.

That should work. I always put them in "~/.ssh/authorized_keys"; it may
be case sensitive. Try "ssh -v bert at server" while tailing
"/var/log/secure" on the server.

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
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