Yes. The file syhould be under $home/.ssh/authorized_keys2. When Raul said .ssh/authorized_keys2, I wasn't shure if he meant that the .ssh directory is reletive to the user's home dir. Greg On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:47:43PM +0100, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > > Hey gang. I'm trying to successfully authenticate from box1 to box2 > > using ssh2 and an id_rsa key which I created with no password. > > > > I created the key on box1 and copyed the id_rsa.pub to box2 under > > .ssh/authorized_keys2 yet i cannot connect from box1 to box2. I get a > > password request and then have to enter the password. I've done this > > before with ssh1 using identity files and it worked by not asking me for > > a password. Is there something I've overlooking? > > It's been a while since I've used ssh, but if I remember correctly, don't > you also a .ssh2 directory in the home directory of the user you want to > become? Perhaps that's not right, I'm sure someone will corredct me if > it's not, but I am interested in this as in a day or two I will be trying > to get this working myself. > > CCheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup