On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 07:35:02AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On 1 Feb 2003, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: > > > # On the local host : > > ssh-keygen -t dsa -f id_dsa > > # When prompted for a password, just press 'enter'. > > scp id_dsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ > > I would strongly recommend using a good pass phrase and ssh-agent. If > someone gets your password less private key then they can have access to > all the machine you connect to (that have your public key). It's like > having a plain text file on your local machine with the username and > password of all the machines you connect to.
at what point are the passphrases required? if passwordless login/scp is the objective, where are the passphrases used? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #51 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Interested in CUSTOMIZING MUTT to work the way you'd like? Visit Tom Gilbert's site at http://linuxbrit.co.uk/mutt/ and download his .muttrc to your home directory (save it under a different name if you're paranoid like I am, then tell mutt ":source file/path/here" to give it a whirl). Wow! Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
