Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> The ssh manpage says I may generate a keey pair with ssh-keygen, and > then put my public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the remote host, > so I'd login without having to interact. > > I ran ssh-keygen, then copied ~/.ssh/identity.pub to the remote > side, and changed its name to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (since there > wasn't such a file before). > > But this doesn't work either, since ssh asks for my new passphrase > anyway (the one from the new key pair). Usually, you'd use ssh-agent to remember your passphrase, but I'm not sure if it will work with a cron job. Otherwise, you can't use a passphrase; just leave it empty when you generate the keys. hth, cbb