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Re: passwordless ssh login not working



* Pigeon (jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk) [030215 20:05]:
> So, I rename 'identity' to 'id_rsa' and try again... IT WORKS!!! Huh?
> The authorized_keys on the host still ends in
> '/home/pigeon/.ssh/identity', which doesn't exist on either machine.

Well, this is unsurprising.  The last field of a public key line is
just a comment, and can be anything (or even nothing).  Mine happened to
be a filename, which was misleading.

Anyway, glad you got it working.

good times,
Vineet
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