On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:04:23PM -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 2/27/07, jeffd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Francesco Pietra wrote: > >> Hi All: > >> Is anyone aware of a friendly openssh (including > >> server) that installs on Debian etch and allows > >> interactive connections secured by pubkeys? > >> > >> I installed ssh and openssh-server from debian. OK > >> using password, though I met problems in configuring > >> for pubkeys (ssd_config comes with "UsePAM yes" > >> "PermitRootLogin yes" #AuthorizedKeysFile %h/ > >> .ssh/authorized_keys" (does %h refer to every user?). > >> Tired with trial-and-error I hope to find an easir > >> groung elsewhere. > >> > >> Not anyone is a professional administrator, though > >> many of us have to get the OS running. A bit more > >> comments of the config file would help.
> >I think what you are looking for is : > >PubkeyAuthentication yes > > > >then put your public key on the remote machine in > >~/.ssh/authorized_keys . also make sure that file is chmod'd to 600 > > Some time ago i wrote this, > > http://linux.go2linux.org/node/16 Not to mention: http://www.us.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh You'll want to use a passphrase, and ssh-agent for a real balance between security and convenience. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
