Manuel Lora <vanguardist@cox.net> writes:
> Asuming it's for ssh2, you need to create a pair of keys, using
> 'ssh-keygen -t rsa' then you upload/move/copy/rename the public key
> (from ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) to the remote server and place it in
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 (either copy or append, if you have more
> than one there already), and that should be it.
If you are confident that no one will gain possession of your keypair
so you feel safe without using a passphrase for your keypair (and,
further, not limiting the capabilities of the keypair) then this will
work.
If you want to protect your keypair with a passphrase (a wise
decision) or limit it to backing up your files, then you've got more
work to do involving ssh-agent (for interactive logins) or limiting
what actions the keypair can perform on the remote host (by adding a
"command=''" to the authorized_keys file).
> If it's not working, check sshd_config to allow for public keys (default
> should be yes, iirc).
Permissions on the various files under ~/.ssh also cause problems.
Mark.
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