12-04-2003
authorized_keys and passwordless login
I am trying to set up ssh/scp to be able to login in w/o using a password. The man pages for ssh and ssh-keygen explain how to do this.
So, using "rsa1" style, I created the public and private keys by way of ssh-keygen, then added the contents of "$HOME/.ssh/identity.pub" to a newly created "$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys" file on the remote system I am want to log into.
But, it is still asking me for a password when I ssh to the remote server. I did not use a passphrase, either, when creating the keys by way of ssh-keygen.
What am I doing wrong????? I also found this resource on the web, and it verifys that I am doing this step by step.
If anyone has done this, please let me know what I am doing wrong!!!
Thanks in advance,
MC
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ssh-keysign
SSH-KEYSIGN(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SSH-KEYSIGN(8)
NAME
ssh-keysign -- ssh helper program for host-based authentication
SYNOPSIS
ssh-keysign
DESCRIPTION
ssh-keysign is used by ssh(1) to access the local host keys and generate the digital signature required during host-based authentication with
SSH protocol version 2.
ssh-keysign is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the global client configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config by setting
EnableSSHKeysign to ``yes''.
ssh-keysign is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from ssh(1). See ssh(1) and sshd(8) for more information about host-based authen-
tication.
FILES
/etc/ssh/ssh_config
Controls whether ssh-keysign is enabled.
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
These files contain the private parts of the host keys used to generate the digital signature. They should be owned by root, read-
able only by root, and not accessible to others. Since they are readable only by root, ssh-keysign must be set-uid root if host-
based authentication is used.
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key-cert.pub
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key-cert.pub
If these files exist they are assumed to contain public certificate information corresponding with the private keys above.
SEE ALSO
ssh(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)
HISTORY
ssh-keysign first appeared in OpenBSD 3.2.
AUTHORS
Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
BSD
August 31, 2010 BSD