[wplug] sshd config -- no password?

Ryan Frenz rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu
Tue Mar 30 13:19:21 EST 2004


Thanks a bunch, that's exactly what I needed.

Ryan

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Embery, Nathan wrote:

> Here's the notes I jotted down the last time I did this on FreeBSD and
> Solaris
> They may not be exact, but close enough to get you started.
> Nate
>
> Log into your freebsd box
> run #ssh-keygen -t dsa
>
> This will create your id_dsa and id_dsa.pub files in ~/.ssh/
>
> Now copy your id_dsa.pub to the target machine
>
> scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub ip_or_hostname:/home/nate/xfilename
>
> then log in to that box
>
> ssh ip_or_hostname
>
> enter your password for the last time ;-)
>
> copy the source machines public key into your authorized_keys2 file (you may
> need to touch it)
>
> touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> cat xfilename >> authorized_keys2
>
> exit your shell, returning to the source machine
>
> test with ssh nate at ip_or_hostname
>
> repeat this process using the target machine as the source machine
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Frenz [mailto:rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:06 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: [wplug] sshd config -- no password?
>
>
> I'm looking for a way to allow ssh connections from certain machines
> without requiring passwords.  I have a script that connects to my machine
> and checks if a certain process is running.  I want this to occur
> automatically, without having to enter a pwd each time it connects.  Is
> there a way I can specify to sshd a list of hosts that don't have to
> authenticate (while still requiring others to)?  I'm guessing this has to
> do with specifying host keys to sshd_config -- but I don't even know where
> to start.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
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