I have created the keys and placed the public key in the remote user directory (not the server root).
(remote machine: dwebapp1)
ex: /home/webarch/user_name/.ssh/authorized_keys2

cannot ssh into the remote machine using the following command:
ssh ${dwebapp1}

the manned description gives the following pattern:
[options] host [command]
(one of the options is this
Options:
-l user Log in using this user name.

But this is not working form me.
I just want to connect from one machine to the other without keying in the user name and password. Please help. The tutorial seems straight forward but I am having trouble. I am using the following tutorial link:

No Passwd Required - Mt Xia: Technical Consulting Group

Thank you for any help you can provide

Here is the error I am recieving when typing ssh ${dwebapp1} at the command line of the originating machine:

ssh: $\033[3~{dwebapp1}: no address associated with hostname.

Also,

I was not able to use 'scp' command. Instead I used a different ftp client to place the key file on the remote machine in the user's .ssh directory.

are you using openssh or ssh2?

I managed to ssh between servers. I created and installed public keys for both machines so that I can ssh from both servers to each other (from server A to B and from server B to A).

I did discover that if using the ssh command at the command line I don't need to use the ${servername} brackets, etc. simply typing 'ssh servername' is the correct format.

I am not sure why the difference from the tutorial I used but it works.

Also, I managed to use 'scp' command but I could only place the key in the root .ssh directory of the remote server.

I am not sure which version of ssh I am using since I am not the administrator of this box. How do I find out?

ssh -V
shows the Version
Best regards joerg

Hi Tekline Can you pls help me in making this work? I'm facing the same problem as the server prompts for the password everytime.

Steps in Detail:
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Source Machine: SRC_Machine
Remote Mahcine: RMT_Machine

I logged on to SRC_Machine
ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003

and generated a Key as shown below..
ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/.ssh/id_rsa_test
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/.ssh/id_rsa_test.
Your public key has been saved in /home/.ssh/id_rsa_test.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
b6:74:7f:84:6f:21:68:fb:86:5c:2f:03:79:c9:ff:61

Modified the permision of the private key file to
chmod 600 id_rsa_test
-rwx------ 1 951 Sep 2 13:09 id_rsa_test

Then i did to appen the public key to Authorized Keys
ssh RMT_Machine "umask 077; cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys" < /home/.ssh/id_rsa_test.pub

chmod 700 id_rsa_test

Now while i do ssh username@RMT_Machine
it prompts me for the password.

Let me know if i'm missing any steps.