Creating SSH keys for password-less login

[knnniggett]

I was recently asked how to generate an SSH key. I thought others
could benefit so I thought I would post a link on how to do this from
the Linux command line:

http://www.puddingonline.com/~dave/publications/SSH-with-Keys-HOWTO/document/html/SSH-with-Keys-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3

Read chapters 4.3-4.5

Unlike the tutorial, however, I do not use separate authorized_keys
files for protocol version 1 & 2 keys. Placing everything into a
single authorized_keys file has always worked for me.

From my limited understanding of how encryption works, this is not
only more convenient than entering your login credentials every time,
but this is one of those rare instances where it is also more (rather
than less) secure.

For those of you that try to avoid the command line, I'm sure there is
some way to accomplish the same thing using a gui tool. I have not
looked through the examples John has on the Datastorage website
recently so perhaps he shows how.

[remke]

? dutch by any change :)
http://www.puddingonline.com/~dave/

with kind regards,
remke
www.linux-prof.nl

On 3 sep, 16:47, knnniggett <knnnigg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was recently asked how to generate an SSH key.  I thought others
> could benefit so I thought I would post a link on how to do this from
> the Linux command line:
>

> http://www.puddingonline.com/~dave/publications/SSH-with-Keys-HOWTO/d...