Not in authorized_keys, but can log in with id_rsa

From: fred ma (fma_at_doe.carleton.ca)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: 10 Dec 2004 10:05:33 GMT

When I ssh to a remote host, I am asked for the passphrase for key
'/home/fma/.ssh/id_rsa'. When I provide it, I get connected. My (admittedly
imperfect) understanding of the ssh man page is that this happens if local
host's id_rsa.pub is in the known_hosts file of the remote host. This is
not the case. Thanks if anyone can point out what I'm missing about the
authentication procedure.

Fred

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