On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 05:35:29PM -0700, Gavin Spomer wrote: > I hope this isn't an invalid topic for this list. I'm on so many lists and I > hate to join another one just to get help on one thing. Apologies if it's not. > > I am able to use ssh-keygen to generate keys so that I can ssh from my Mac to > any of my SuSE systems or ssh from my Mac to any of my FreeBSD systems, > without having to enter my password. When I try the same thing from a SuSE > system to a FreeBSD system, (I.E. I run "ssh-keygen -t rsa" on the SuSE > system, then copy the id_rsa.pub to my ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the > FreeBSD system) I get the following message when ssh-ing to the FreeBSD > system: > > Enter passphrase for key '/home/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa': > > ... and I have to enter my password. I've Googled, but can't seem to find the > answer to my dilemma. Is it generally kind of a pain to do this between > platforms? I'm finally very comfortable on FreeBSD and am starting to really > get annoyed with SuSE. :(
You can generate keys with empty pass phrase, so it won't be asked ;-) -ip _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
