My home machine is configured correctly for key authentication. Plus, if I remove ~/.ssh/id_rsa from my work machine, I'm able to connect to the local servers without having to unlock my private key...
I'm guessing it's a bug in ssh that, if the id_rsa file exists, it requires you to unlock it "just in case" the machine you're connecting to needs it rather than checking the remote machine's authentication methods FIRST. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Wayne Fay <[email protected]> wrote: > That is odd. Can you use ssh-agent to at least cache your passphrase, > to avoid having to provide it except for the first time? This sounds > like something is misconfigured on your home machine but I couldn't > tell you what as I've never run into this myself... > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The servers on site simply use password authentication. The only machine > I > > ever interact with that requires a key is my server at home. When I ssh > into > > my home machine, I get only the prompt for the passphrase I created for > my > > key and boom, I'm in. When I connect to one of the local machines, I'm > > forced to first enter the passphrase to my id_rsa key THEN the password > for > > the server. > > > > I hope that is a little clearer... I don't know how else to explain. > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:30 PM, A.Padilla <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> When creating the keys, did you leave the pass phrase field blank? > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > My linux machine at home is setup to only allow key authentication. I > >> have a > >> > copy of that key on my machine at work and it works great. However, > when > >> I > >> > try to connect to one of the servers here on site that aren't setup > for > >> key > >> > authentication, I'm forced to enter my passphrase every time before I > can > >> > enter the password. Is there any way around this? It even does it when > I > >> try > >> > to connect to network resources through nautilus. > >> > > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > >
