-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH without password on CentOS 5 ? From: Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Date: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:21:28 AM
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Niki Kovacscontact@kikinovak.net wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to use SSH without password so I can use it in scripts (for example in combination with rsync to do backups). I have Carla Schroder's "Linux Cookbook" and I'm trying out the various receipts, but the one for SSH without a password doesn't work. The book is slightly dated, and I wonder if SSH included in CentOS works differently.
Any suggestions?
Maybe this CentOS wiki helps?
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/SecuringSSH#head-9c5717fe7f9bb26332c9d...
Akemi _______________________________________________
If you follow the guides step by step they usually work fine. But most gloss over the end permissions/ownership. It is important (won't work without it) that you ensure that the .ssh directory and its contents are owned by the account in which these files reside... to explain it a different way: If the authorized key files are in /home/bob/.ssh, the .ssh directory and its files should be owned by bob. The .ssh directory should have 700 permissions and any files within it 600.
-Blake