Re: SSH, Putty and Mandrake 9.1

From: Richard E. Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: 26 Aug 2003 13:31:59 -0400

> mkdir .ssh
> chmod 700 .ssh
> cp id_rsa{,.pub} .ssh

Two mistakes here: there is no need to copy the private key to the server,
and it needs to be placed in authorized_keys in order to work. 

-- 
  Richard Silverman
  res@qoxp.net

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