Re: Setting up first repository [Solved]

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Roddie <address@hidden> writes:

> on 18/7/05 16:58, Mark D. Baushke at address@hidden wrote:
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> > Roddie <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> I've been able to connect. It was a matter of tweaking ssh settings.
> >> And it asks for a password.
> > 
> > man ssh-agent
> > man ssh-add
> > 
> > You may want the remote end to have a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file that
> > includes your localhost ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub and/or ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
> > contents.
> 
> I regret to say that I don't really understand this. My comment about
> it asking for a password was meant to be positive - I had got the
> impression that :ext: didn't ask for a password, so I was pleased when
> it did.

Okay.

> The user and password in question are standard Unix user/password.

Sure, but ssh transport may also use public-key authentication which
some consider to be much more secure than the standard password.

> Is my lack of understanding a serious issue I need to do something
> about?

Education is always a good thing.

You may wish to investigate how ssh users may make life easier for some
situations by using public-key authentication whereby they would get
prompted for a pass phrase instead of a password by default, or they
might be able to setup ssh-agent or other proxies to remember their pass
phrases for a time.

        -- Mark
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