Robert Fox wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 11:46, Buchan Milne wrote: > > Could you explain a little bit more about using the ssh keys to make it > work? Or at least point me to a How-To or document which may shine some > light on this? >
There was an article at mandrakesecure.net IIRC 1) $ ssh-keygen -t dsa (choose to have a passprhase or not) 2) $ ssh-add (if you have a passprase, you need to enter it) 3) $ ssh-copy-id remotehost 4) $ ssh remotehost (you should now get in without a password) In future, do 2 and 4 only, and 3 for new hosts, you shouldn't need to do 1 again. If you liked that, try: # urpmi keychain Now, you should be asked your passphrase once per machine boot, on your first login. (there are still some issues with keychain's /etc/profile.d file that need to be addressed, but I'm working on it slowly ...) Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
