scp no password copy as root

[Alan Swartz]

Steven Heimann wrote:
 >>On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:46 +1100, Steven Heimann wrote:
>>
>>>I am trying to perform a passwordless scp from one computer to my
>>>desktop which is running Ubuntu 5.10.
>>>
>>>I have performed the usual key generation and copied it to my desktop.
>>>I am sure the keys were generated without a password.  The system works
>>>fine as an ordinary user but I can't get it to work as root.
>>>
>>>I have tried :


What are the permissions on the files in you ~/.ssh directory? Make sure
ther are 600.