ssh passphrase

[augie]

cool thanks! worked like a charm.

> On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 09:40:45PM -0700, augie wrote:
> } could someone please go over the whole ssh and passphrase thing again?
> }
> } here is what i have tried so far:
> }
> } ssh-keygen on the remote host.
> } copy contents of identity.pub from remote machine to authorized_keys on
> my } local machine.
> }
> } then i try to log onto the remote machine, but it still asks me for my
> } password.
>
> You got it backwards.  Run ssh-keygen on the local machine.  Copy
> contents of identity.pub from local machine to authorized_keys on the
> remote host.

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