On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Richard Critz wrote:
>
> Ok, but how do you get PuTTY to connect without requiring me to
> type a password, or is that beyond its capability? Even though I
> copy the private keys over to the Windows box, I'm still prompted
> for a password. If I change /etc/ssh/sshd_config to avoid password
> authentication, then I can't login at all from PuTTY.
>
Did you tell PuTTY to use your private key? Also, did you put your
public key in .ssh/authorized_keys in your home directory? I am not
sure if PuTTY will use the keys generated on the Linux box, but I do
know it has a key generation program that will generate keys that will
work with open-ssh.
>
> I'm assuming there's an issue with the Windows box having a host key
> but I can see no way to generate one. Is RSA/DSA authentication
> without password challenge possible only from another Linux box
> using the ssh client?
>
> -r
>
I have it working between PuTTY and my Linux servers. The BIG thing is
to put the public keys in .ssh/authorized_keys for users you want to be
able to connect. You need to do this in each user's home directory that
you want to be able to log on as. Also, if you put a password on the
private key, you will need to enter that password to use the key.
Mikkel
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