[Sheflug] ssh-akey ssh-ell

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

Trying to set up ssh, can't get it to stop asking me for passphrase. I need 
ssh to run from a script with as little intervention as possible.

method - as root & all my users, logged in & did ssh-keygen.
scp1 ~/.ssh/identity.pub "remotehost":.ssh/authorized_keys

sshd is running both ends. "remotehost" of course is replaced by a valid 
hostname.

Initially I used the normal login pwd for the passphrase in ssh-keygen, 
which kept prompting for the passphrase when I logged in.I repeated the 
performance with a null passphrase, same result.

Am I correct in thinking that ssh should handle the RSA key authentication 
without needing a passphrase as well ? Have I overlooked something 
eye-wateringly obvious ?

Paul Sims
More "confused" than "Confucius"



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