From 6d4cd2ff499e12b0dc446a5d87e3290529e66db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Gerzo Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 20:35:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Add tags around RSA and DSA words, - ensure reader that the ~/.ssh/authorized_files is pure file and not directory [1], - simplify the last part of para, - 8 spaces = tab, while here. PR: docs/116879 [1] --- .../books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml index 05ae44efb2..384268b245 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml @@ -4220,12 +4220,13 @@ bb:48:db:f2:93:57:80:b6:aa:bc:f5:d5:ba:8f:79:17 user@host.example.com ~/.ssh/id_dsa or ~/.ssh/id_rsa, whereas the public key is stored in ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub or - ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, respectively for DSA and - RSA key types. The public key must be placed in - ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the remote - machine in order for the setup to work. Similarly, RSA version - 1 public keys should be placed in - ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. + ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, respectively for + DSA and RSA key types. + The public key must be placed in the + ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file of the remote + machine for both RSA or + DSA keys in order for the setup to + work. This will allow connection to the remote machine based upon SSH keys instead of passwords.