ssh and keys

[David Raistrick]

> I'm trying to backup a server over ssh, but I don't want to type the
> passphrase. I've been making the *interchange* of keys between the both
> machines, but this doesn't seem to work. I'm using a FreeBSD machine
> (updated sshd) and a RedHat 9 machine (updated sshd).

Did you get this resolved?  You may want to verify that you're using the
same version and type of key.  ie: ssh1/rsa ssh2/rsa or ssh2/dsa.
Different defaults are used on different versions of freebsd, and I've no
idea what might be used in Redhat.

man ssh-keygen for more, but the essence is in the FILES section:

     $HOME/.ssh/identity
protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity
     $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub
protocol version 1 RSA public key
     $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
protocol version 2 DSA authentication
     $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
protocol version 2 DSA public key
     $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
protocol version 2 RSA authentication
     $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
protocol version 2 RSA public key





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