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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:10:07 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin & openssh(d) & login without password
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gmiller AT cfl DOT rr DOT com wrote:
> 
> I wanted to add a little bit to the thread in regards to setup of ssh.  To generate the public and pro\ivate key pairs needed to login with out a password prompt requires the use of the "ssh-keygen" utility.  From your home directory using the following sequence to generate a key pair.

Better to just run "ssh-user-config" which does this for you, among
other things.  If there are deficiencies in that script (or
ssh-host-config) then they should be fixed, rather then having users
circumvent the scripts and "wing it".

Brian

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