On 10/22/2010 11:38 AM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > silly quesion: if I generate an RSA key on an NFS shared home > directory, then cat>> it into the .ssh/authorized_keys file in the > same location, shouldn't I then be able to ssh into each host that > shares the NFS home directory without entering a passphrase (assuming > the key doesn't have one)? and assuming the permissions on the > authorized_keys file belong to the user with mode 600? The permissions on the .ssh directory must also be correct. Otherwise, yes.