If none is specified, the default is ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and ~/.ssh.authorized_keys2 Each line of the file contains one key specification (empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored as comments). I changed my permissions in my.ssh folder and now when i use a piece of software that uses my private key, i have to type my password each time What should my permissions be on my id_rsa file to. Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh. As terdon mentioned you can also just use this command
The known_hosts file lets the client authenticate the server, to check that it isn't connecting to an impersonator The authorized_keys file lets the server authenticate the user I am confused on the permissions that ssh requires when dealing with custom authorized_keys files For example, assuming that we have a server with the following line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: Ssh authorized keys provide a secure, passwordless method to log in to remote servers
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