On Jan 31, 2008 8:44 PM, Porkchop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > freedom:~ porkchop$ ls .ssh > known_hosts > freedom:~ porkchop$ ssh-keygen -t dsa > Generating public/private dsa key pair. > Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/porkchop/.ssh/id_dsa): > Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): > Enter same passphrase again: > Your identification has been saved in /Users/porkchop/.ssh/id_dsa. > Your public key has been saved in /Users/porkchop/.ssh/id_dsa.pub. > The key fingerprint is: > e2:33:39:e0:ae:4e:1a:b6:63:97:ad:24:9e:00:36:d4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > freedom:~ porkchop$ ls .ssh > id_dsa id_dsa.pub known_hosts > freedom:~ porkchop$ scp id_dsa.pub porkchop.net:.ssh/authorized_keys > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > id_dsa.pub 100% 612 0.6KB/s > 00:00 > freedom:~ porkchop$ ssh porkchop.net > This is lostcause. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
That looks straightforward enough, one question though. When you scp id_dsa.pub to porkchop.net:.ssh/authorized_keys, are you not overwriting .ssh/authorized_keys? The account I log into on this box is an untrusted user account that he also uses, so I want to make sure I don't mess up anything he has set up there. -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
