burning shadow wrote:
> I have created identification key with passphrase (id_dsa). Now every
> time I try to open ssh connection to any host, ssh asks for
> passphrase for this key. I believed, ssh should ask for a passphrase
> only if host wants to accept key. FreeBSD's ssh, for example, does it
> this way.
I use ssh between Cygwin, Debian, Slackware, and IPCop machines and
don't need to enter SSH passphrases or passwords. I think the key is to
press <Enter> when prompted for a passphrase when generating the key.
First, update Cygwin. Then generate fresh keys:
$ ssh-keygen -t dsa
on the client machine and pressing <Enter> through all the prompts.
Next, copy ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub to the host machine and append it's
contents to the .ssh/authorized_keys file. You should then be able to
log in from the client to the host without having to enter a passphrase
or password.
HTH,
David
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