Re: Fwd: ssh-keygen

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

David Watson wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:29:26 +0100
> Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com> wrote:
> > This is how I do it when setting up a new machine:
> >
> > ssh-keygen -t dsa
> > <enter, enter, enter>
> > cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh me@otherhost 'cat
> > > > .ssh/authorized_keys2' <enter password>
> > Then:
> > ssh me@otherhost (should work without password)
>
> To copy the key to the remote host you may can also use the following
> command:
>
> ssh-copy-id me@otherhost
>
> which takes care of copying to the right location and ensuring the
> permissions are set correctly.

Your example works _if_ you are using rsa keys.  If using a dsa key
use ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id.dsa.pub me@otherhost

Regards

Wayne