On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:57:01AM +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 01:55, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > Does anyone have a FAQ on how to set this all up? > > Below is what worked for me. I think that it may vary according to the > version of the SSH protocol that you want to use, but it works like that > on a stock Debian unstable. > > # On the local host : > ssh-keygen -t dsa -f id_dsa > # When prompted for a password, just press 'enter'. > scp id_dsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ > > # On the remote host : > test -d ~/.ssh || mkdir ~/.ssh > chmod 700 ~/.ssh > cd ~/.ssh > touch authorized_keys2 > cat ~/id_dsa.pub >> authorized_keys2 > chmod 640 authorized_keys2 > rm -f ~/id_dsa.pub
authorized_keys2 is for backward compatibility. You can simply use authorized_keys. The ssh-copy-id script shipped with ssh automates this process, except for the initial ssh-keygen stage. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]