On 10/04/2012 09:35 AM, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > Poor subject so I have to explain. > > I've moved to Linux Mint 13 on my netbook from Fedora 12 and would like > to replicate some of the functionality I had before. My searches are > taking me in circles so I'm hoping someone on the list will have the > solution or a good pointer and/or correct terms to search with. > > With Fedora and CentOS (current workstation/desktop) I added a line to > /etc/pam.d/gdm > > auth sufficient pam_ssh.so > > so when I log onto the system I can use my ssh key pass-phrase. Once > logged in I now don't need to enter my pass-phrase when I ssh to a > remote system that has my public key in .ssh/authorized_keys. > > How do I accomplish the same with a Debian based system or just Linux > Mint? Which files, what modules, etc? > > > TIA, > Rod If you are used to PAM for authentication, you can check the repository to see if you can add it. I am not sure if MInt includes it (depends on Mint flavor). Some of us don't like PAM and you can set this up without it. Oh and I don't use graphical login: that stuff is for pansies.
I'm a bit rusty on this, but here goes: ssh configuration and system keys (private/pub) to identify your system are in /etc/ssh and personal keys are stored in ~/.ssh that you generate via "ssh-keygen -t rsa" You can skip the pass phrase (leave it empty), or enter a suitable one. If you want to automate the login process, you can skip it. OPINION: set ups that memorize your pass phrase are a BAD idea. For full security ONLY YOU should know it and enter it every time you log in to your local and/or remote box. you can use ssh-agent to store pass phrase and keys in memory PER SESSION so that these are not floating around your hard drive. Then use ssh-copy-id to correctly copy your ~/.ssh./id_rsa.pub key to the correct place. In other words, follow the instructions here: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/152 Have Fun Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
