Am Dienstag, 31. Januar 2006 01:36 schrieb Olivier Thauvin: > [...] > quickly: two ways: > > - key without passphrase (poor security): > > ssh-keygen -t dsa (or rsa), valid... > put the content of ./ssh/id_dsa.pub (or id_rsa.pub) on the remote computer > into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. > > - with a passphrase: > > when you ran ssh-keygen you type a non empty passphrase to protect you key: > > # eval `ssh-agent` > # ssh-add > you're done. ssh-agent will remain your key for you unlock. > > Notice on all good linux distribution, ssh-agent is started automatically > on login if a key is found into your ~/.ssh, it is the case on my mandriva > (mandrake), I know gentoo does, and surelly debian. so at login you just > have to run ssh-add. > > Enjoy.
Public key authentication is also more secure than password authentication, at least if you disable password authentication on the server (as I do). Best wishes, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
