Re: ssh without password

From: chris (cherbst@hotpop.com)
Date: 12/31/01 

From: chris <cherbst@hotpop.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:19:34 -0500

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:03:42 -0500, Bill K. wrote:

> I really want to be able to start a script on the "gateway" PC from
> another PC, and I want to be able to do it without entering a password.

Try ssh -v somehost, it will print more info. Maybe you got the file
modes/ownership wrong. Did you type a passphrase when you generated the
key? You will have to type that each time you use the key, so if you want
to require no passphrase to be entered, leave it null when you generate
the key. Believe it or not, it is possible to do this, ssh -v should
give it away.

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