Okay, I did that. I took the identity.pub from remotebox, put it on localbox,
did a "cat ~/.ssh/identity.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" (as root) and still
I'm getting the message that the key isn't recognized. Maybe I didn't take
the key from the right place on remotebox?
Russell
On Wednesday 15 August 2001 04:39, you wrote:
> Append the public key in ~/.ssh/identity.pub on the client station to
> the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server station. Then, unless you
> entered a passphrase when you generated the key with ssh-genkey, it all
> connects automagically, since the server now has your public key.
>
> The home directories on each respective machine belong to 1) who you're
> logged in as on the client machine and 2) who you are logging in as on
> the server.
>
> Ed.
>
> Russell Hires wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> >
> > I can't sleep, so I have a question: I'm wanting to make sure that the
> > machine I'm logging into for the first time is the one I want. So, when I
> > ssh me@remotebox, I'm presented with
> >
> > The authenticity of host 'painter (199.164.107.21)' can't be established.
> > RSA1 key fingerprint is c4:07:c6:65:26:58:8c:2a:ea:f0:37:12:d1:8b:e2:88.
> > Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
> >
> > I want to know how to get remotebox to show me the key fingerprint when
> > I'm physically at the console for that computer. That way I can match the
> > key fingerprint I'm presented at the very first ssh login with a key
> > fingerprint I know to be authentic.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Russell
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