El día Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:14:00 -0500 Steve Manuel escribió:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 06:18:53PM -0400, Kevin Wood wrote:
> > If you look at the command ssh-keygen, this is what you will need.
> >
> > Run the command ssh-keygen as the user you will be logging into the
> > remote machine with.
> > This will produce a identity key and an identity.pub key located in the
> > ~/.ssh/ directory. Now on the remote machine, make a directory called
> > ~/.ssh with the same user name again. Copy the identity.pub key to
> > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. Then try to login again. This should allow you
> > remote access without a password. If I am mistaken or have missed any
> > steps, would someone let me know. Thanks
>
> This is correct but there is one little wrinkle that needs to be addressed.
> When you run ssh-keygen it will create the public/private keypair then ask
> you for a password. You should *not* type a password. Just press the enter
> key. I believe it asks for the password twice so press enter twice. I
> struck me as odd that ssh would ask for a password for something that was
> to automate logging in. However there is a reason.
>
The ssh-keygen has an optional parameter to indicate
that you want to generate a public/private keypair without
protecting the private key with a passphrase. I think that this
is the -P option, but, anyway, you can look for it in its man page.
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