[ale] automating an ssh script?

[Dow Hurst]

I think you will always have to give the passphrase on the first 
connection.  Subsequent connections will not require it as long as your 
ssh-agent is running.  An empty passphrase doesn't require the initial 
passphrase.  This is what I thought happened.  Am I wrong?  I could be...
Dow

PS.  By the way, I'm back from vacation and paying attention to email 
and phone calls again.


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>Okay, it looks like I made _some_ major progress, but I still cannot do 
>anything without giving a passphrase.
>Thanks to Michael Hirsh (and others) for giving me some directions that I 
>could use to get some results. Here are the commands that I ran. Can someone 
>edit these so that I know what I did wrong?
>
>rm -rf ~/.ssh   //to start .ssh from scratch
>ssh-keygen -t rsa1  //to generate type1 public and private keys
>cp ~/.ssh/identity ~/.ssh/authorized_keys  //to create a file for the remote 
>machine
>cp ~/.ssh/identity.pub ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2  //ditto
>ftp ~/.ssh/authorized_keys AND  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 to remote machine's 
>~/.ssh //upload files
>ssh user at shell1.host.com //test .ssh to see if it works
>exit  //thinking I should exit to run next command locally
>eval `ssh-agent`
>ssh-add ~/.ssh/identity
>ssh user at shell1.host.com //testing to see if I connect passphraseLESS
>eval `ssh-agent` //failed to connect without passphrase, decided to run eval 
>on remote machine
>
>FAILED TO CONNECT WITHOUT USING A PASSPHRASE.
>
>I do not own the remote box. How can I "Ensure that RSA authentication is 
>enabled for both the server ("RSAAuthentication yes" in sshd_config on the 
>server"? Tried downloading the file from my server - permission denied. Ftp 
>client crashed second time.
>  
>


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