RSA/DSA authentication

[Chuck Swiger]

On Dec 7, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Erik Richards wrote:
> Now I'm editing some of my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file like  
> uncommenting:
> (correct? I shouldn't be editing /etc/ssh/ssh_config?)
>
> RSAAuthentication yes
> PubkeyAuthentication yes
> AuthorizedKeysFile      /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
> (I did rename the key I was using this and made sure it was all on  
> one line)

Once you've used ssh-keygen to make a keypair, you should copy  
id_dsa.pub (or id_rsa.pub) to authorized_keys, not move it.  And you  
need to push the new version of authorized keys to the machine you  
are SSH'ing into, as well as having the id_whatever private key  
available on the machine you are SSH'ing from....

-- 
-Chuck