ssh localhost without passphrase

[Karl F. Larsen]

Chaman Singh Verma wrote:
> Hello,
>
> From the root window, I can do ssh localhost, but after that it ask for
> passphrase. How can I disallow passphrase recursively ?
>
> May be the following  output will clarify my doubt.
>
> csv610 at blackhole:~$ ssh localhost
> Linux blackhole 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64
>
> The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
> the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
> individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
>
> Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
> applicable law.
>
> To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
> http://help.ubuntu.com/
> Last login: Thu Dec 11 23:42:08 2008 from localhost
> csv610 at blackhole:~$ ssh localhost
> Enter passphrase for key '/home/csv610/.ssh/id_rsa':
>
>
>
> Thanks.
> csv
>
>   
    As a user it gives:

karl at karl-hardy:~$ ssh localhost
ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused

and as root I get:

karl at karl-hardy:~$ sudo ssh localhost
[sudo] password for karl:
ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
karl at karl-hardy:~$

So it seems it doesn't want to work.


Karl