comp.os.linux.networking

Joe Beasley wrote:

> Ron Eggler wrote:
>> Ron Eggler wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to create an ssh key automatically with no passphrase but
>>> ssh-keygen -q -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -t rsa -N="" would tell me:
>>> passphrase too short: have 1 bytes, need > 4
>>> How am I able to create a key for automatic file exchange with no human
>>> interaction?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Ron
>> Ah, I'm not sure if I got it, I tried:
>> ssh-keygen -N '' -C backup1 -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
>> and copied the ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub porrtion into the server's
>> ~/.ssh/known_hosts but for some reason it wouldn't let me in... :( Any
>> ideas what i could have done wrong? Or is my keygen command "corrupt"?
>> Thank you!
>
> Leave out the -N option. This will prompt you for a password, and let
> you hit enter for a blank password.
Joe, I want to be able to generate the key without any user interaction.
So the -N option is needed. The problem i have now is, that the public key I
pasted into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys wouldn't work. It doesn't let me in...
(
Aany ideas what could be the problem?
Both, server & client are using ssh2.

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chEErs roN