[PLUG] SSH/SCP: Passphrase lost

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Wed Sep 22 15:47:01 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:50, Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I think that I broke something in my ssh setup when I migrated to the new
> distribution. The ~/.ssh/known_hosts file on the system has only my
> notebook. As a matter of fact, I sync'd the two so that all the files on the
> workstation are copied to the notebook.
> 
>    But, when I ssh from the notebook to the workstation I'm no longer asked
> for my passphrase, only my password. Do I need to run key-gen again and make
> sure that the keys and passwords are the same on both boxes?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
> Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
> <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
Rich,
You did say that you old RedHat username had a different UID than your
current username.  You may need to chown to your current UID.

Ken
CAD2CAM.COM





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