In article <c077d2020807220540u6ecbaa30tc3409678737dc74e at mail.gmail.com>, Michael Semcheski <mhsemcheski at gmail.com> wrote: > > How do you get the keys to the server the first time after they're > generated? Its kind of the chicken and an egg problem without the > password authentication -- that's why I still have passwords turned on > (but require __very__ strong passwords.) I start off with password authentication enabled, then scp my authorized_keys file to the server, check my keys work, and then disable passwords in sshd. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org