Hi all, I've done the following procedure to get a passwordless login on a remote server: as root: $ ssh-keygen Enter file in which to save the key (/home/your_user/.ssh/id_rsa): <Enter> Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <Enter> Enter same passphrase again: <Enter> Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: (-:) co:ec:aa:a1:de:34:5c:95:24:1d:25:4a:84:aq:65:ca root@server The key's randomart image is: +--[ RSA 2048]----+ | .******* | | ..B-.-. | | kjak | | . ..+<-, | | . #+#^´ | | . | | | | | | | +-----------------+ Then I upload the key as root: $ ssh-copy-id user@myserver.org Password: message: Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'user@ssh.yourserver.org'", and check in: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting. Now, when I login, the password is asked *again*. Where does the id_rsa get used? It is in /root/.ssh/ together with id_rsa.pub when generated by ssh-keygen. I am root when performing the login on the remote server at the moment. Later, I will use a dedicated user. Any suggestions welcome. :-) Dreiel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org