X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=IvhvUdd8blGhCZ4W IgnZRPUw6DglqhAjXc6wTeO/UmBUNdxiblU/uhEFsG9VzCeAJn7jH+6+1PmnUTP/ T5bmhv+vp8QkMj9RuhswpvVavVqxkemcyD6w+Xf6WfIoVecLADlbRIb8/vnu9tt5 b44t8Z3hregZl5a4tjqSovRjIfo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=L+UkMur+/4MblvcNp4bu7C kD9KA=; b=XWMOIrx05PCNN2S68xg+nB9AFEpvzQaod2a4T/93mOAygVP3u5xKnj p468kvhM/n55hdt9x7J7U1PN+IlsFW2i4a4EXSosYOdTNqEdIhe/mKSnW9BRocJH tqksI1mR8i2URKl6sOe6FFTfJRIBzs7Rr9DwkcOx9Ip45ikBejMtg= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,KAM_PASSWORD,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173023pub.verizon.net X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=QtXpBu2Y c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=Z9UJdt/jcW91Hd6r4aN9qw==:117 a=vP6ySPhpAh4A:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=oR5dmqMzAAAA:8 a=-9mUelKeXuEA:10 a=e9J7MTPGsLIA:10 a=Z7HaQAh7ZnkhIyOYdygA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=daI9ojH3vpgA:10 Message-id: <552C27E4.1070801@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:32:36 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: current recommended way of configuring ssh for password-less login References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 04/13/2015 03:59 PM, Hans Horn wrote: > Folks, > > as the subject line says. > > no matter what ssh-keys I use, or permissions I set, the ssh server insists > in wanting my password. > > What is the current expert-recommended way of accomplishing password-less > ssh under cygwin? Run '/usr/bin/ssh-host-config' on the Cygwin installation that's the server and '/usr/bin/ssh-user-config' on the Cygwin installation under the user login that will be logging into the 'sshd' server. This assumes that you're not connected to a domain. If you are, see this FAQ: -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple