Mike A. Harris writes:
: On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, David Stern wrote:
: >> How does one set up SSH properly without passwords?
: > Make a key on the machine that's going to be the client
: > ssh-keygen
: >
: > Give it an empty passphrase
:
: AHH! That is where I went wrong. I always assumed that a
: passphrase was NEEDED.
Please do remember that passphraseless private keys are not a good
idea, in general.
I recommend that you take the time to study the documentation of
ssh-agent and ssh-add. This way, even if you private key has a
passphrase, you can log into remote machines with publickey
authentication without entering your passphrase every time. You give
it once at the start of your X-session, and then the agent handles the
authentication for you. Even if you don't use X, you can use it. It
won't be as easy as with X, but more secure nevertheless.
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