* Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> "Bill Wohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > I'm a bit confused by the fact that OpenSSH now defaults to using
> > > version 2. How do I use ssh-agent as I have in the past to do
> > > password-less logins?
> >
> > I posted a bug about the inconsistency, but apparently the "upstream
> > authors" are dead set against making the utilities consistent. So,
> > what to do...
> >
> > You've probably already figured it out since you were on the right
> > track. But if not:
> >
> > > In the past I'd do this once with my pass phrase:
> > >
> > > % ssh-keygen
> > > <blah,blah,blah>
> >
> > Now you run "ssh-keygen -t rsa"
> >
> > > and copy the contents ~/.ssh/identity.pub to the remote machine
> > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
> >
> > Now you copy the contents of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to the remote
> > machine's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
> >
> > > then when I log in to my machine, which runs my window manager via
> > > ssh-agent, I'd do
> > >
> > > % ssh-add
> > > <blah,blah,blah>
> >
> > Now you do "ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub".
> >
> > What were those upstream authors thinking?
>
> That did the trick! The worst part about it is there's no mention of
> this in the man page. It talks about using identity.pub as default but
> nothing about specifying a different file.
SYNOPSIS
ssh-add [-lLdD] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
ssh-add adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,
ssh-agent(1). When run without arguments, it adds the file
$HOME/.ssh/identity. Alternative file names can be given on the command
line.
[...]
Tom.
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