Passphrase-free ssh keys
jibbajabba
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Could someone give me a quick hint for both, server and client side ?
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create an ssh key
ssh-keygen -t dsa
don't give it a password.
Then copy the public key to the box you want to ssh to.
The first time you connect with ssh you will have to answer yes for the finger print for each new box you connect to.
After that you can connect with out a password using SSH. This works very well for bash, perl scripts etc...
Cool - thanks
If you really must have one then use the authorized_keys options for that key to limit what that key can do. Restricting the source addresses that can use the key at a minimum.
This is used between two dev server ... hardly mission critical
They don't even have internet access ..
By the way - I still get a password prompt
Then you did something wrong.
You have to put the public key in a file called
autorized_keys
usually in a hidden directory in the users home directory on the other machine.
So
as user tom on machine A
ssh-keygen -t dsa
then scp id_dsa.pub to /home/tom/.ssh/
then cat id_dsa.pub >> authorized_keys (on machine
then from machine A as TOM, ssh into B.
You will have to answer yes to accepting the finger print the first time, after which tom should be able to ssh with out a password from that moment on.