SSH question
Kristian Vilmann
kvi at sslug.dk
Thu Jan 5 11:00:26 UTC 2006
David Mummery wrote:
> I'm trying to setup password-less SSH login using public/private keypair but am failing. All the documentation tells me to do the same thing but it does not work:
>
> On my remote machine, as root, I run:
>
> ssh-keygen -t rsa
>
> - Enter and confirm passphrase
>
> cp /root/.ssh/i_rsa.pub /root/.ssh/authorised_keys
>
> chmod 644 /root/.ssh/authorised_keys
^^^^^^^^^^
/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
Next thing is that you really don't want to run as root. Run as a normal
user, and use su. But don't forget to set the root-password for emergencies.
/kristian
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